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* MisaimedMarketing: The Creator/WarnerBros marketing department wasn't sure how to market the film. It had no {{love interest}}, its main character was unlikable and [[spoiler:had a BittersweetEnding]], and an audience still weary from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII didn't care for the dark tone of the film.


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* UncertainAudience: The Creator/WarnerBros marketing department wasn't sure how to market the film. It had no {{love interest}}, its main character was unlikable and [[spoiler:had a BittersweetEnding]], and an audience still weary from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII didn't care for the dark tone of the film.
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** "Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" Often misquoted as "We don't need no stinking badges."

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** "Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" Often misquoted [[BeamMeUpScotty misquoted]] as "We don't need no stinking badges."
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* MagnificentBastard: [[CoolOldGuy Howard]] is a cooky old {{prospector}} who conscripts the amateur miners Dobbs and Curtin in hunting for a mother lode of gold. Vastly outpacing the far younger men in both physicality and wits, Howard finds an untapped gold vein and sets up a brilliant mining system while using safeguards to protect the law or other miners from finding their camp. [[BewareTheSillyOnes Pragmatic despite his upbeat and peaceful nature]], Howard is ruthless in his agreement with Dobbs and Curtin to kill an innocent man who finds their operation and wants in on it, yet Howard consistently shows himself to have a softer side as he respects nature and saves the life of a young Indian boy out of nothing but good will. Though the fortune in gold the trio obtained is lost thanks to Dobbs's greed, Howard [[GracefulLoser gleefully accepts the loss of the gold]] while proclaiming that he's set himself up at a local village as a medicine man to live in comfort for the rest of his life.
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** This film is often considered more worthy of the Best Picture Oscar than that year's actual winner, Creator/LaurenceOlivier's production of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.

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** This film is often considered more worthy of the Best Picture Oscar UsefulNotes/AcademyAward than that year's actual winner, Creator/LaurenceOlivier's production of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.winner, ''Film/Hamlet1948''.



* MisaimedMarketing: The WB marketing department wasn't sure how to market the film. It had no love interest, its main character was unlikable and [[spoiler:had a BittersweetEnding]], and an audience still weary from World War II didn't care for the dark tone of the film.

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* MisaimedMarketing: The WB Creator/WarnerBros marketing department wasn't sure how to market the film. It had no love interest, {{love interest}}, its main character was unlikable and [[spoiler:had a BittersweetEnding]], and an audience still weary from World War II UsefulNotes/WorldWarII didn't care for the dark tone of the film.
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* MisaimedMarketing: The WB marketing department wasn't sure how to market the film. It had no love interest, its main character was unlikable and [[spoiler:suffered a DownerEnding]], and an audience still weary from World War II didn't care for the dark tone of the film.

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* MisaimedMarketing: The WB marketing department wasn't sure how to market the film. It had no love interest, its main character was unlikable and [[spoiler:suffered [[spoiler:had a DownerEnding]], BittersweetEnding]], and an audience still weary from World War II didn't care for the dark tone of the film.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Was Dobbs a decent guy who turned mad due to the powers of gold or was he always evil, the gold only revealed his true nature?

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Was Dobbs a decent guy who turned mad due to the powers of gold or was he always evil, the gold only revealed his true nature?nature? Maybe just a {{Jerkass}} who became worse because of months of terrible conditions and backbreaking labor?

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