The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

That gold changes the character of men who are fortunate enough to find it is the central thesis of this curiously powerful production.

Unlike most studio releases of the era, the film's depiction of wretched moral depravity is not sweetened by a studio ending, where, say, the ugly impulses of greed are suppressed by a higher moral calling.

Wildly unconventional for its time, it makes its A-list star a villain, there's no romantic subplot, and it's far grimmer than most movies of the age.

The film is about the power of human greed. From the moment Dobbs sees that first seam of pyrite, he is obsessed...