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!! Cody

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!! James Cody
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes:
* FromNobodyToNightmare

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* TheFriendNobodyLikes:
TheFriendNobodyLikes: He's nothing, but trouble for the other two guys, despite their best intentions. And it only gets worse as the pile of gold grows
* FromNobodyToNightmareFromNobodyToNightmare: Starts as a panhandler, ends up as a half-mad murderer.
* GoldFever: One of the most prominent example in whole cinema. It's not the gold that drives him mad, but the ever-increasing paranoia he will be robbed from it, making him do worse and worse things



* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk:
* KarmicDeath:

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* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk:
{{Jerkass}}: Even before the GoldFever gets better of him, he's shown of having a mean streak.
* KarmicDeath:KarmicDeath: Ultimately ends up dying because of the gold - not due to his partners turning on him, but because he abandoned them and tried to make it on his own.



* LaserGuidedKarma

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* LaserGuidedKarmaLaserGuidedKarma: Left Curtin to uncertain death, only to be killed himself for his shoes and mules.



* OffWithHisHead: He is eventually decapitated by the bandidos, but we never see it onscreen.
* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain

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* OffWithHisHead: He is eventually decapitated by ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Starts are the bandidos, but we never see it onscreen.
* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain
protagonist and is played by Bogart, who got first billing. As the story unfolds, his greed and ever-increasing paranoia turn him to be dangerous to just be around.



* VillainProtagonist

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* VillainProtagonistVillainProtagonist: His ultimate predictment, even if at the start of the story he's just an average Joe down to his luck, like the other two.



* HiddenDepths: While Howard is an old, jaded prospector that SeenItAll and Dobbs is just plain asshole, Curtin shows the most remorse and consciousness.



* ThouShaltNotKill: In case of Cody, he's talked into it, but we never know what he would do if the bandits didn't show up. Later, when he has every reason to just shoot Dobbs, he let him live - the courtesy isn't replied in kind, thou.



* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's just an old guy with a big, fast mouth, ain't he? Until he is in the field and shows up all his skills and experience.



* SeenItAll: He spend his life prospecting. For him Dobbs is just another greedy jerk and unlike Curtin, he just rolls with his unhinged behaviour. His dialogues imply he saw it countless times prior and even was in that spot himself, too.



* TokenGoodTeammate

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* TokenGoodTeammateTokenGoodTeammate: Considering who his companions are, it's not that hard to be one.



* CuttingTheKnot: The bandits kill him when the men defend their position, meaning nobody has to actually murder him in cold blood.



* SacrificialLion

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* SacrificialLionTagalongKid: They ''really'' don't want them there
* TakeAThirdOption: He suggests this to the trio, thinking he will talk them into letting him join and just earn his share. Turns out they decided MurderIsTheBestSolution.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: The letter they find on him is his wife writing down concern of their kid.

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->'''Played by:''' [[Creator/HumphreyBogart Humphrey Bogart]]






!! Bob Curtin:

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!! Bob Curtin:
Curtin
->'''Played by:''' Tim Holt






->'''Played by:''' [[Creator/WalterHuston Walter Huston]]






->'''Played by:''' Bruce Bennett






->'''Played by:''' Alfonso Bedoya



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[[folder: Fred C. Dobbs]]



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[[folder: Bob Curtin]]






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[[folder: Howard]]



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[[folder: Cody]]



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[[folder: Gold Hat]]



* LaughablyEvil: Alfonso Bedoya gives him sort of a sense of humor.

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* LaughablyEvil: Alfonso Bedoya gives him sort of a sense of humor.humor.

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* StrongerThanTheyLook: Dobbs and Curtin take him for an old man they'd have to carry on their backs, but when they're trekking through the mountains he's more durable and energetic than the two combined.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Tries to join the group, but the mistrust him and decide on killing him.
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* FamousLastWords: "Permission, Lieutenant, to grab my hat?"
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* HoistedByHisOwnPetard: Is caught, arrested and executed after stealing donkeys after a young police informant finds the donkeys' distinctive brand on them.

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* HoistedByHisOwnPetard: HoistByHisOwnPetard: Is caught, arrested and executed after stealing donkeys after a young police informant finds the donkeys' distinctive brand on them.
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* NiceMeanAndInbetween: The Nice, for a relative use of the term. He's just as greedy and desperate as Dobbs is, and ready to kill if he has to, but he has much more of a conscience than him and is the most pleasant of the trio.

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* NiceMeanAndInbetween: The Nice, for a relative use of the term. He's just as greedy and desperate as Inbetween. Not much better than Dobbs is, and ready to kill if he has to, at first, but he has much grows to have more of a conscience than him and is the most pleasant of the trio.
consciense later on.



* NiceMeanAndInbetween: The Inbetween. A pleasant guy, with a conscience, but isn't afraid to insult people and has an almost satanic fascination with testing people's morality.

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* NiceMeanAndInbetween: The Inbetween. A pleasant guy, Nice. He seems to be fascinated with a conscience, but isn't afraid to insult people and has an almost satanic fascination with testing challenging people's morality.morality, yet he's by far the most charitable of the three.
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* AlasPoorVillain
* AintTooProudToBeg

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* AlasPoorVillain
AlasPoorVillain: Though it's more pitiful than anything.
* AintTooProudToBegAintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:Naturally tries this once Gold Hat and his surviving bandits catch up to him. Doesn't work.]]



* UngratefulBastard

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* UngratefulBastardUngratefulBastard: Regardless of how much the other two stick their necks out for him, he will always slip back into his cynical, greedy mindset.
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* MysteriousMiddleInitial: Fred '''C.''' Dobbs.
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* BadLiar: Can't pass himself off as a mountain policeman if he tried, even if he didn't need to show anybody "any stinking badges".


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* FaceDeathWithDignity: But he won't face his death by a firing squad without his hat.


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* HoistedByHisOwnPetard: Is caught, arrested and executed after stealing donkeys after a young police informant finds the donkeys' distinctive brand on them.
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* DeathByMaterialism:

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* DeathByMaterialism:DeathByMaterialism: Is killed after trying to murder Curtin and get away with all the gold.
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* {{Bandito}}: Leader of a whole bunch of them.
* FatBastard: Portly and malevolent.



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** LaughablyEvil: Alfonso Bedoya gives him sort of a sense of humor.
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* TokenGoodTeammate

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* TokenGoodTeammateTokenGoodTeammate

!! Cody
* SacrificialLion

!! Gold Hat
* FauxAffablyEvil: Acts friendly and personable until you don't give him what he wants.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Chides a Mexican boy for begging when he's out panhandling.



* NiceMeanAndInbetween: The Mean.




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* NiceMeanAndInbetween: The Nice, for a relative use of the term. He's just as greedy and desperate as Dobbs is, and ready to kill if he has to, but he has much more of a conscience than him and is the most pleasant of the trio.


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* NiceMeanAndInbetween: The Inbetween. A pleasant guy, with a conscience, but isn't afraid to insult people and has an almost satanic fascination with testing people's morality.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Seems to take on novice prospectors more as a challenge to see if they can resist GoldFever than anything.
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* ThirdPersonPerson: Starts talking like this as his paranoia sets in.
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* {{Foil}}: Becomes this to Dobbs.
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* TokenEvilTeammate: At first neither he nor Curtin are any better than each other. But over time he starts getting more greedy and selfish.

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* TokenEvilTeammate: At first neither he nor Curtin are any better than each other. But over time he starts getting more greedy and selfish.selfish, while Curtin reveals humility and shows a bit more of a conscience.
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* TokenEvilTeammate:

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* TokenEvilTeammate:TokenEvilTeammate: At first neither he nor Curtin are any better than each other. But over time he starts getting more greedy and selfish.
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* AntiHero: Makes some questionable decisions, but he's one of the better characters.

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* AntiHero: Makes some questionable decisions, such as considering leaving Dobbs to be buried alive in a collapsed mine shaft, and deciding to kill Cody despite knowing so little about him, but he's one of he always gains a conscience about both afterwards; he saves Dobbs in the better characters.former situation, and regrets letting Cody die in the latter.
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* SanitySlippage: Dobbs gets increasingly more unhinged and paranoid as the movie goes on.
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* MotorMouth: All the characters talk a mile a minute, but he's the fastest talker of them all.

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* MotorMouth: All the characters talk a mile a minute, but he's the fastest talker of them all.all.
* OnlySaneMan: Proves himself to be this.
* TokenGoodTeammate
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* LackOfEmpathy:

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* LackOfEmpathy:LackOfEmpathy: Any decency he appears to show later in the film is just him being sarcastic or fastidious.
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* GoldFever: Though not nearly as bad as Dobbs.

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\n* AntiHero: Makes some questionable decisions, but he's one of the better characters.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: More or less. He goes through a lot during the film, finally escaping from a crazed Dobbs with his life. Though all the gold is lost in the process, he can still move on with his life.
* GoldFever: Though not nearly as bad as Dobbs.Dobbs.

!! Howard
* MotorMouth: All the characters talk a mile a minute, but he's the fastest talker of them all.
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* OffWithHisHead:

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* OffWithHisHead:OffWithHisHead: He is eventually decapitated by the bandidos, but we never see it onscreen.



* VillainProtagonist

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* VillainProtagonistVillainProtagonist

!! Bob Curtin:

* GoldFever: Though not nearly as bad as Dobbs.
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* FaceHeelTurn: Dobbs goes from a down on his luck guy trying to make a living to a desperate murderer over the course of the film.
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!! Fred C. Dobbs

* AlasPoorVillain
* AintTooProudToBeg
* BigBadEnsemble: With "Gold Hat."
* DeathByMaterialism:
* TheFriendNobodyLikes:
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk:
* KarmicDeath:
* LackOfEmpathy:
* LaserGuidedKarma
* OffWithHisHead:
* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain
* TokenEvilTeammate:
* UngratefulBastard
* VillainProtagonist

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