The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Academy Award × 3·AFI #38·National Film Registry
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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.
What critics thought
A near-universal critical triumph across decades, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is treated as one of the finest American films ever made — a morality tale that uses adventure to excavate human greed, anchored by Bogart's most celebrated performance and John Huston's darkly ironic direction. The lone dissenting note, Halliwell's two-star verdict citing miscasting, is a minority position that time has not vindicated.
“one of the best things Hollywood has done since it learned to talk; and the movie can take a place, without blushing, among the best ever made ... it is a magnificent and unconventional piece of screen entertainment”
James Agee·The Nation
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Western
Cast & Crew
DirectorJohn Huston
StarringHumphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane
ComposerMax Steiner
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Academy Award × 3·AFI #38·National Film Registry
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.
What critics thought
A near-universal critical triumph across decades, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is treated as one of the finest American films ever made — a morality tale that uses adventure to excavate human greed, anchored by Bogart's most celebrated performance and John Huston's darkly ironic direction. The lone dissenting note, Halliwell's two-star verdict citing miscasting, is a minority position that time has not vindicated.
“one of the best things Hollywood has done since it learned to talk; and the movie can take a place, without blushing, among the best ever made ... it is a magnificent and unconventional piece of screen entertainment”
James Agee·The Nation
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Western
Cast & Crew
DirectorJohn Huston
StarringHumphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane
ComposerMax Steiner
Rent/Purchase