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Summary:
John Huston's 1948 treasure-hunt classic begins as drifter Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart), down and out in Tampico, Mexico, impulsively spends his last bit of dough on a lottery ticket. Later on, Dobbs and fellow indigent Curtin (Tim Holt) seek shelter in a cheap flophouse and meet Howard (Walter Huston), a toothless, garrulous old coot who regales them with stories about pr... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Humphrey Bogart - (Fred C. Dobbs)
Walter Huston - (Howard)
Tim Holt - (Curtin)
Bruce Bennett - (Cody)
Barton MacLane - (McCormick)
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Review:
Loosely based on the Biblical parable of the thieves and the "Pardoner's Tale" in Chaucer's -Canterbury Tales, John Huston's morality tale is one of the great cinematic proofs of the Biblical adage radix malorum est cupitidas, or, the root of evil is the love of money. The film is a clever study of the erosive effect that money can h... Continue >>

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