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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 15, 1948

Runtime

2h 6m

Genres

Adventure, Drama, Western

User Score

80%

Original Title

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Director

John Huston

Budget

$3,800,000

Revenue

$4,307,000

Description

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.