The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Genre: Drama

Worldwide gross$4.3M

Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled prospector named Howard and decide to join with him in search of gold in the wilds of central Mexico. Through enormous difficulties, they eventually succeed in finding gold, but bandits, the elements, and most especially greed threaten to turn their success into disaster.

🏆 Won 3 Oscars. 18 wins & 5 nominations total

Genres

Adventure, Drama, Western

Director

John Huston

Cast

Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt

Released

24 January 1948

Runtime

2h 6m

Certificate

Approved

IMDb rating

8.2 / 10

Votes

140,812

Metascore

98

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

Box office

$5,014,000

Budget

$3,800,000

Edition

Base