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Movie Description
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.
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.
Film Notes
THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1990.
Industry Reviews
"...MADRE stars a flawless Humphrey Bogart..."
Los Angeles Times - Susan King (10/06/2003)
"..It tells this story with gusto and Huston's love of male camaraderie..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (10/12/2003)
"Here Bogart runs the gamut of every unpleasant or dishonorable emotion imaginable -- and you never see him acting."
Premiere - Premiere Staff (04/01/2004)
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