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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
MEANRANK
87/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #43
- IMDb #162
- Google retired #949
- Rotten Tomatoes #37
- Metacritic #44
- Letterboxd #130
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #14
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #254
- Metacritic Critics #28
- Metacritic Audience #343
- Douban #275
- Kinopoisk #335
- AlloCiné #285
- Trakt #517
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Trakt on 79, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100. Critics average 99, everyone else 85.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two down-on-their-luck American drifters in Mexico partner with a grizzled old prospector to search for gold in the remote mountains. They eventually strike a rich vein, but their success breeds paranoia and greed. The constant threat of bandits is eclipsed by the growing mistrust between them, as the prospect of vast wealth threatens to destroy their partnership and their lives.
Details
- Director
- John Huston
- Writer
- John Huston
- Based on
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Released
- 15 January 1948
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $3.8M
- Box office
- $4.3M
- Awards
- 14 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 19 →7 major awards won · 14 wins from 19 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1948 | Best Screenplay | John Huston | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1948 | Best Director | John Huston | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1948 | Best Supporting Actor | Walter Huston | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1948 | Best Supporting Actor | Walter Huston | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1948 | Best Picture | Winner | |
| Golden Globe Awards 1948 | Best Director | John Huston | Winner |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1948 | Best Written American Western | John Huston | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1948 | Best Picture | Henry Blanke (for Warner Bros. ) | Nominee |
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19 awards — The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
×| Best Director | John Huston | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | John Huston | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Walter Huston | Winner |
| Best Picture | Henry Blanke (for Warner Bros. ) | Nominee |
| Best Director | John Huston | Winner |
| Best Picture | Winner | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Walter Huston | Winner |
| Best Written American Western | John Huston | Winner |
| Best Written American Drama | John Huston | Nominee |
| Best Director | John Huston | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Actor | Walter Huston | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | John Huston | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Walter Huston | Winner |
| Best Original Music | Max Steiner | Winner |
| Grand International Prize of Venice | John Huston | Nominee |
| National Film Registry | Winner |
| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture | Winner |
| Best Film from any Source | Nominee |