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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.
1948 · Directed by John Huston · 126 min · Adventure · Drama · Western · 24 frames
Tagline
The nearer they get to their treasure, the farther they get from the law.
Crew
- Screenplay: John Huston
- Cinematography: Ted D. McCord
- Edited by: Owen Marks
- Music: Max Steiner
- Produced by: Henry Blanke
Cast
- Humphrey Bogart as Fred C. Dobbs
- Walter Huston as Howard
- Tim Holt as Bob Curtin
- Bruce Bennett as James Cody
- Barton MacLane as Pat McCormick
- Alfonso Bedoya as Gold Hat
- Arturo Soto Rangel as El Presidente
- Manuel Dondé as El Jefe
- José Torvay as Pablo
- Robert Blake as Mexican Boy Selling Lottery Tickets (uncredited)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Spanish
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $3,800,000
- Box office: $4,307,000
- Themes: gold, mexico, based on novel or book, greed, gold rush, gold mine, friends, money, american, bandit
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