The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Factual error: Based on the lottery poster, the movie is set in 1925. During the scenes in Tampico, numerous newer cars (closer to the 1948 filming) are present in the background.

Continuity mistake: Near the end, banditos murder Fred C. Dobbs and leave his stripped body by the waterhole as they go chasing after the burros, which they later try to sell in town. Within hours, Howard and Bob Curtin ride right past the same waterhole on their way to town, but Fred Dobbs' body is nowhere to be seen.

Charles Austin Miller

More mistakes in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Gold Hat: We are the Federales... You know... The mounted police.
Dobbs: If you're the police, where are your badges?
Gold Hat: Badges?.. We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges.

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