The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948 · 2 hr 6 min · Approved

Adventure, Drama, Western

Directors

John Huston

Actors

  • Humphrey Bogart
  • Walter Huston
  • Tim Holt

Credits: 8

Summary

Two down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.

More about this movie

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.