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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Dobbs' insanity catches up with him, he dies, and the treasure is lost, rendering 10 months of Curtin and Howard's lives a waste. But Howard gets a nice position as a medicine man, and Curtin may yet get his dream of a nice peach farm.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Dobbs' insanity catches up with him, he dies, and the treasure is lost, rendering 10 months of Curtin and Howard's lives a waste. But Gold Hat and his gang have been brought to justice by the ''Federales'', Howard gets a nice position as a medicine man, and Curtin may yet get his dream of a nice peach farm.]]
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* InHarmonyWithNature: Done subtly-not-subtly with Howard. He's the only one who knows at all what he's doing out in the desert with his fellow prospectors, seems to have a better sense of human nature than them as well, is so spry that Dobbs complains he must be part mountain goat, and reveals that he considers the mountain a living place to be respected, when he insists on dismantling the played-out mine.
--> '''Howard''': We've wounded this mountain. It's our duty to close her wounds. It's the least we can do to show our gratitude for all the wealth she's given us. If you guys don't want to help me, I'll do it alone.
--> '''Curtin''': You talk about that mountain like it was a real woman.
--> '''Howard''': We've wounded this mountain. It's our duty to close her wounds. It's the least we can do to show our gratitude for all the wealth she's given us. If you guys don't want to help me, I'll do it alone.
--> '''Curtin''': You talk about that mountain like it was a real woman.
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* LackOfEmpathy: Dobbs, oh so very much.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Dobbs certainly gets his when the "Federales" he had been bad-mouthing earlier turn up.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Dobbs certainly gets his when the "Federales" he had been bad-mouthing earlier turn up.]]
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* LackOfEmpathy: Dobbs, oh so very much.
much. As he gets more and more unhinged, he starts projecting every mean, nasty thought he has onto his partners.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Dobbs certainly gets his when the "Federales" he had been bad-mouthing earlier turn up.]] In fact, each of the three protagonists get fates according to their morality:
** Howard, who goes out of his way to [[InHarmonyWithNature return the mountain to its natural state after the mining is done]] and [[TokenGoodTeammate is the only one to vote against murdering Cody]] ([[BlackAndGrayMorality even if he's not too fussed with going through with it when he's outvoted]]), eventually [[spoiler: gets set up as the healer of a native village, treated as royalty presumably for the rest of his life, so long as he actually can do the work.]]
** Curtin, who is the deciding vote in choosing to kill Cody (even if it was somewhat reluctant), but who sticks by his two partners, even as the going gets rough and emotions flare, [[spoiler: at worst is back to being a bum like he started, but actually has a chance at his dream of running a peach orchard... if the widow he has to break the news to will take him, and he doesn't mention that he was about to kill her husband when the bandits ''who did'' distracted him.]]
** Dobbs, who was pushing for murdering Cody from the start, and who eventually tries to cheat and murder his partners... well, he [[spoiler: is reduced to drinking water with the burros, then dies in that same ditch, beheaded by bandits as mean and stupid and greedy as him.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Dobbs certainly gets his when the "Federales" he had been bad-mouthing earlier turn up.]] In fact, each of the three protagonists get fates according to their morality:
** Howard, who goes out of his way to [[InHarmonyWithNature return the mountain to its natural state after the mining is done]] and [[TokenGoodTeammate is the only one to vote against murdering Cody]] ([[BlackAndGrayMorality even if he's not too fussed with going through with it when he's outvoted]]), eventually [[spoiler: gets set up as the healer of a native village, treated as royalty presumably for the rest of his life, so long as he actually can do the work.]]
** Curtin, who is the deciding vote in choosing to kill Cody (even if it was somewhat reluctant), but who sticks by his two partners, even as the going gets rough and emotions flare, [[spoiler: at worst is back to being a bum like he started, but actually has a chance at his dream of running a peach orchard... if the widow he has to break the news to will take him, and he doesn't mention that he was about to kill her husband when the bandits ''who did'' distracted him.]]
** Dobbs, who was pushing for murdering Cody from the start, and who eventually tries to cheat and murder his partners... well, he [[spoiler: is reduced to drinking water with the burros, then dies in that same ditch, beheaded by bandits as mean and stupid and greedy as him.]]
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* NativeGuide: As a veteran gold digger and being fluent in Spanish, Howard gets hired by the two novices to lead them to the right grounds.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: Gold Hat asks if he can keep his hat, when he's executed by the firing squad. In the next scene, the hat is tumbling towards his grave, evidently to reunite with him in death. Instead, it misses the hole, and goes tumbling off on the wind. Scant minutes later, the actual gold he stole ([[WorthlessYellowRocks but couldn't recognize as anything but sand]]) also blows off on the wind.
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* LeftYourLifesaverBehind: Curtin takes away the insane Dobbs' revolver. He returns it only after unloading it. Bogart forgets to reload it and finds himself defenseless at the end.
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* LeftYourLifesaverBehind: Curtin takes away the insane Dobbs' revolver. He returns it only after unloading it. Bogart Dobbs forgets to reload it and finds himself defenseless at the end.
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* NoNameGiven: We never learn Howard's surname. And the leader of the Mexican bandits is known only as "[[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Gold Hat]]".
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Curtin tries to take care of a Gila monster that runs under some rocks, which just happens to be where Dobbs was hiding his share of the gold and sparks his growing paranoia.
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* DealWithTheDevil: not really, despite the tagline. The descicion to kill each other over the gold might be seen as a metaphorical one. And it turns out like the classic "WasItReallyWorthIt" aesop the classic Faustian Bargain story has. Nobody profits except ol' Scratch in the end.
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* DealWithTheDevil: not Not really, despite the tagline. The descicion decision to kill each other over the gold might be seen as a metaphorical one. And it turns out like the classic "WasItReallyWorthIt" aesop the classic Faustian Bargain story has. Nobody profits except ol' Scratch in the end.
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* BigBad: Fred C. Dobbs and Gold Hat.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: The bandit leader, Gold Hat, who speaks in a friendly manner and claims to be one of the "mounted police" in an attempt to get Dobbs and his cohorts to lower their guard.
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* SoundOnlyDeath: A few: [[spoiler:Gold Hat, Dobbs, banditos, Bob (although he doesn't get killed).]]
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Howard, being the only one who doesn't consider killing his comrades. Admittedly, he ''does'' kill off a few bandits (but that was purely in self-defense), and the only voluntary killing he comes close to doing is [[spoiler:shooting Cody (which in turn was a result of being overruled in the decision by Dobbs and Curtin).]] Noticeably, when Cody is given a chance to prove himself by keeping an eye on the fake Federales, Howard is all for letting him live, though, which shows he was relieved to not have to kill him.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Howard, being the only one who doesn't consider killing his comrades. Admittedly, he He ''does'' kill off a few bandits (but that was purely in self-defense), and the only voluntary killing he comes close to doing is [[spoiler:shooting Cody (which in turn was a result of being overruled in the decision by Dobbs and Curtin).]] Noticeably, when When Cody is given a chance to prove himself by keeping an eye on the fake Federales, Howard is all for letting him live, though, which shows he was relieved to not have to kill him.it.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Howard is being wined and dined by indians for saving a child. He's swinging in a hammock, being fed meat and fruit and Tequila. Then a beautiful woman lights a cigarette for him and rubs his beard. He looks directly into the camera and shudders with amazement at his good fortune.
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* ChromosomeCasting: Features an all-male cast.Outside of the occasional extra during the earlier scenes, the cast of the movie consists of three men, four if you include Cody (who isn't in the movie for very long but has a major impact on the plot). There's also the bandits, but they're not given as much focus.
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* FreudianTrio: The Gold Hunters:
** Id: Dobbs, whose SanitySlippage and ProtagonistJourneyToVillain are the focus of the film, and who decides to act impulsively and murder his comrades, putting {{Greed}} in place of everything else.
** Ego: Curtin, originally Dobbs' partner-in-crime, but later starts to become rational after realizing that Dobbs does not intend to let any of them live.
** Superego: Howard, the experienced propsector who is the only one of the three not to succumb to GoldFever and usually offers a peaceful, non-violent solution.
** Id: Dobbs, whose SanitySlippage and ProtagonistJourneyToVillain are the focus of the film, and who decides to act impulsively and murder his comrades, putting {{Greed}} in place of everything else.
** Ego: Curtin, originally Dobbs' partner-in-crime, but later starts to become rational after realizing that Dobbs does not intend to let any of them live.
** Superego: Howard, the experienced propsector who is the only one of the three not to succumb to GoldFever and usually offers a peaceful, non-violent solution.
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* {{Greed}}: This is the whole point of the story. Frank Dobbs starts as a normal guy just trying to get by while constantly being swindled and scammed. Once he starts getting his hands on gold his sanity starts to spiral downhill to the point where he's quite content to torture and then attempt to ''murder'' his best friend just so he can make off with everybody's share of the gold as well as his own. [[spoiler: This ends up being his undoing, as his eagerness to get away gets him ambushed and murdered by the bandits, which results in the loss of ''all'' the gold]].
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* IfIWereARichMan: Each of the three prospectors tell the others what they will do now that they've struck it rich. Howard, the old prospector, is done looking for gold. He'll settle down with some kind of store and spend his days reading adventure stories. Curtin, an orchard because of his (somewhat idealized) memories of picking fruit one summer when he was a kid (read ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath''). Fred C. Dobbs? First a Turkish Bath to clean out all the dirt. Then clothes — a dozen of everything. Then a fancy restaurant ordering everything on the Bill of Fare and if it isn't just right, and maybe even if it is, he'll send it back and bawl out the waiter. When Curtin asks "Then what?" Dobbs answers "Well, what would be?" The two younger man stare into space with very intense looks until Howard interrupts them to remind them it wasn't all that healthy to be thinking about women in their current situation. Big dreams for $30,000 each but it was 1925.
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* NiceMeanAndInbetween: Howard (nice), Dobbs (mean) and Curtin (in-between).
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* PayingForTheActionScene: After Dobbs and Curtin beat down their deadbeat employer they take only the money owed to them and then leave something on the bar for the drinks and damage.
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* ThinkNothingOfIt: {{Subverted}}. After Howard resuscitates a young village boy who'd drowned, a group of villagers led by the boy's father tracks the trio down and insists on taking them back for a feast. Howard tries to wave it off out of modesty, but the father is insistent: seems local custom holds that "[[AgainstMyReligion all the saints in Heaven will be angry with him]]" if he fails to honor them properly, so he's willing to bring them back through ''force of arms'', if that's what it'll take.
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* WriterOnBoard: It's absent in the film, but if you read the novel, it seems rather clear that Traven really didn't like the Catholic Church.
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* NoNameGiven: The leader of the Mexican bandits is known only as "[[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Gold Hat]]".
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''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' is a 1948 film directed and written by Creator/JohnHuston, starring Creator/HumphreyBogart, and adapted from a 1927 novel by B. Traven. Father and son both won UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s for their achievements in the film, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
A trio of gringos in Mexico -- Fred C. Dobbs (Bogart), Bob Curtin (Tim Holt), and Howard the prospector (Creator/WalterHuston, John's father) -- decide to search for gold in the eponymous mountain range. At first, the adventure seems simple enough; in fact, they even find their gold. What they didn't count on might just be the greatest obstacle of all: themselves.
A trio of gringos in Mexico -- Fred C. Dobbs (Bogart), Bob Curtin (Tim Holt), and Howard the prospector (Creator/WalterHuston, John's father) -- decide to search for gold in the eponymous mountain range. At first, the adventure seems simple enough; in fact, they even find their gold. What they didn't count on might just be the greatest obstacle of all: themselves.
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''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' is a 1948 film directed and written by Creator/JohnHuston, starring his father Creator/WalterHuston and Creator/HumphreyBogart, and adapted from a 1927 novel by B. Traven. Father and son both won UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s for their achievements in the film, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
A trio of down-on-their-luck gringos in Mexico -- Fred C. Dobbs (Bogart), Bob Curtin (Tim Holt), andHoward the elderly prospector (Creator/WalterHuston, John's father) Howard (Walter Huston) -- decide to search for gold in the eponymous mountain range. At first, the adventure seems simple enough; in fact, they even find their gold. What they didn't count on might just be the greatest obstacle of all: themselves.
A trio of down-on-their-luck gringos in Mexico -- Fred C. Dobbs (Bogart), Bob Curtin (Tim Holt), and
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''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' is a 1948 film directed and written by Creator/JohnHuston, starring his father Creator/WalterHuston and HumphreyBogart, and adapted from a 1927 novel by B. Traven. Father and son both won UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s for their achievements in the film, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
A trio of gringos in Mexico -- Fred C. Dobbs (Bogart), Bob Curtin (Tim Holt), and Howard the prospector (Walter Huston) -- decide to search for gold in the eponymous mountain range. At first, the adventure seems simple enough; in fact, they even find their gold. What they didn't count on might just be the greatest obstacle of all: themselves.
A trio of gringos in Mexico -- Fred C. Dobbs (Bogart), Bob Curtin (Tim Holt), and Howard the prospector (Walter Huston) -- decide to search for gold in the eponymous mountain range. At first, the adventure seems simple enough; in fact, they even find their gold. What they didn't count on might just be the greatest obstacle of all: themselves.
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''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' is a 1948 film directed and written by Creator/JohnHuston, starring his father Creator/WalterHuston and HumphreyBogart, Creator/HumphreyBogart, and adapted from a 1927 novel by B. Traven. Father and son both won UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s for their achievements in the film, which was also nominated for Best Picture.
A trio of gringos in Mexico -- Fred C. Dobbs (Bogart), Bob Curtin (Tim Holt), and Howard the prospector(Walter Huston) (Creator/WalterHuston, John's father) -- decide to search for gold in the eponymous mountain range. At first, the adventure seems simple enough; in fact, they even find their gold. What they didn't count on might just be the greatest obstacle of all: themselves.
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-> '''Howard:''' ''Aah, gold's a devilish sort of thing, anyway. You start out, you tell yourself you'll be satisfied with 25,000 handsome smackers worth of it. "So help me, Lord, and cross my heart." Fine resolution. After months of sweatin' yourself dizzy, and growin' short on provisions, and findin' nothin', you finally come down to 15,000, then ten. Finally, you say, "Lord, let me just find $5,000 worth and I'll never ask for anythin' more the rest of my life.''
-> '''Flophouse Bum:''' ''$5,000 is a lot of money.''
-> '''Howard:''' ''Yeah, here in this joint it seems like a lot. But I tell you, if you was to make a real strike, you couldn't be dragged away. Not even the threat of miserable death would keep you from trying to add 10,000 more. Ten, you'd want to get twenty-five; twenty-five you'd want to get fifty; fifty, a hundred. Like roulette. One more turn, you know. Always one more.''
-> '''Flophouse Bum:''' ''$5,000 is a lot of money.''
-> '''Howard:''' ''Yeah, here in this joint it seems like a lot. But I tell you, if you was to make a real strike, you couldn't be dragged away. Not even the threat of miserable death would keep you from trying to add 10,000 more. Ten, you'd want to get twenty-five; twenty-five you'd want to get fifty; fifty, a hundred. Like roulette. One more turn, you know. Always one more.''
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-> '''Howard:''' ''Aah, Aah, gold's a devilish sort of thing, anyway. You start out, you tell yourself you'll be satisfied with 25,000 handsome smackers worth of it. "So help me, Lord, and cross my heart." Fine resolution. After months of sweatin' yourself dizzy, and growin' short on provisions, and findin' nothin', you finally come down to 15,000, then ten. Finally, you say, "Lord, let me just find $5,000 worth and I'll never ask for anythin' more the rest of my life.''
life.
-> '''Flophouse Bum:'''''$5,000 $5,000 is a lot of money.''
money.
-> '''Howard:'''''Yeah, Yeah, here in this joint it seems like a lot. But I tell you, if you was to make a real strike, you couldn't be dragged away. Not even the threat of miserable death would keep you from trying to add 10,000 more. Ten, you'd want to get twenty-five; twenty-five you'd want to get fifty; fifty, a hundred. Like roulette. One more turn, you know. Always one more.''
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-> '''Howard:'''
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A trio of gringos in Mexico; Mexico -- Fred Dobbs, C. Dobbs (Bogart), Bob Curtin (Tim Holt), and Howard the prospector, prospector (Walter Huston) -- decide to search for gold in the eponymous mountain range. At first, the adventure seems simple enough; in fact, they even find their gold. What they didn't count on might just be the greatest obstacle of all: themselves.
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* MysteriousMiddleInitial: Fred C. Dobbs.
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* UnsatisfiableCustomer: [[{{Jerkass}} Dobbs]] apparently plans to be one after he strikes it rich.
-->'''Dobbs:''' Then, I'm goin' to a swell cafe and order everything on the bill of fare, and if it ain't just right -- or maybe even if it is -- I'm gonna bawl the waiter out and make him take the whole thing back.
-->'''Dobbs:''' Then, I'm goin' to a swell cafe and order everything on the bill of fare, and if it ain't just right -- or maybe even if it is -- I'm gonna bawl the waiter out and make him take the whole thing back.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Dobbs, who gradually evolves into JerkWithAHeartOfJerk in the last half-hour.
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* JunglesSoundLikeKookaburras: When the protagonists enter the Mexican forest a kookaburra can be heard in the background, despite not living there at all.
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