The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Overview
A good Joe, a bad egg and a fast-talking old coot team up to prospect for gold south of the border, but when the gold starts flowing, greed breeds badge-less bandits and mutual mistrust. A classic! Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Picture. Academy Awards: 3, including Best Director, Best Supporting Actor--Walter Huston, Best Screenplay.
Awards:
1948 - Academy Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay - Winner
1948 - Academy Awards - Best Director - Winner
1948 - Academy Awards - Best Supporting Actor - Winner
Main Cast & Crew:
John Huston - Director
Barton MacLane
Bruce Bennett
Tim Holt
Walter Huston
Humphrey Bogart
Alfonso Bedoya
Arturo Soto Rangel
Harry Vejar
Jacqueline Dalya
Manuel Donde
Details
- Format: DVD (Eco Amaray Case)
- Run Time: 126
- Color Format: B&W
- UPC: 883929154272
- Genre: DRAMA
- Rating: Not Rated
- Release Date: October 2010

Movie Reviews
Synopsis:
Three poverty-stricken dreamers head out to the Mexican mountains in search of gold. They find their booty, and, at first, their friendship grows along with their fortune. But then paranoia and greed begin to take over, endangering all they have managed to gain.
Notes:
THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1990.
Reviews:
"...MADRE stars a flawless Humphrey Bogart..." - 10/06/2003 Los Angeles Times, p.C12
"..It tells this story with gusto and Huston's love of male camaraderie..." - 10/12/2003 Chicago Sun-Times, p.4
"Here Bogart runs the gamut of every unpleasant or dishonorable emotion imaginable -- and you never see him acting." - 04/01/2004 Premiere, p.72
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