Movie #82: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Movie #: 82
Movie Title: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Year Released: 1948

Director: John Huston
Notable Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett

Short Description: Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two Americans searching for work in Mexico, convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: #38
IMDB.com: #75
Ranker.com: N/A
Lifed.com: N/A
Empire.com: #74
FilmCrave.com: N/A
FlickChart.com: #65



Date Watched: 7/14/2016

Grade: 3 out of 5 (Good)

Rationale: I personally preferred the supporting characters Bob Curtin (Tim Holt) and the old prospector Howard (Walter Huston) to Humphrey Bogart’s Fred Dobbs because the sheer amount of paranoia from Dobbs was almost unbearable after a while. More action than I expected with a couple gun fights and they balanced out the long stretches of conversation nicely. Another good, not great entry on my list.