My favorite film of all time. The first time I saw it was in 1952 on our living room floor here in San Francisco. The ending just blew my mind, I thought it so unfair that all their gold just blew away after all what they went thru. Ha! but that's what makes the film so great. The irony, the acting, the script and yes that wonderful score by Max Steiner
@@johnbockelie3899 I love your love for it but it's a misquote It's actually "we ain't got no badges, we don't need no badges, we don't need to show you any stinking badges"
every great film has a great score. and THIS is was both a great film and a great score. my favorite of all time. I first saw it as a little kid in the early 1950's and again bought a month ago on TMC. What a wonderful story of humanity
I didn't appreciate this film, along with The African Queen, until I grew up. Great films and great music scores. Max Steiner was easily one of the best film composers of all time. Its' got that Warner brothers sound and look, if that's possible. And I says it is.
The African Queen?! The Kate Hepburn influence ruined it. I saw it again a couple of years ago, and was so disappointed. You dump all of a drunk's whiskey overboard in the real world, and he throws you in, along with it. But not Charley Allnut. He becomes a love slave, with no DTs, no nothin.'
I saw this movie at the Olmos theater around 1979 in San Antonio,TX. It so much better to see a classic like this on the big screen. I feel very sad when I pass by this vacant movie house and see it bare. I also saw the Seven Samurai at this theater. I've had a great life.
I've seen things you people would never believe...attacked star ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion...watched C-beams glittering off the Tanhauser Gate...all these moments and more will be lost like tears in the rain. Time to die.
Absolutely one of the greatest films ever. Others greats include: Citizen Kane, Vertigo, M [1931], The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Lawrence of Arabia, 2001, Schindler's List, Paths of Glory, Rashomon, The Wages of Fear, The Sting, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Lord of the Flies [1963], A Hard Day's Night, and a fair number of other gems.
Wonderful score that worked beautifully in the film. I've always wondered why this score has not received the same acclaim as several other Steiner works. Love the mandolins at around 5:14 (and later)!
Steiner is my favorite film composer (followed by Korngold). He added such breadth and depth to his scores Each was very different and equisitely fit the story of film; each could stand alone as a symphonic piece. He was the best of golden Hollywood.
Huh, I didn't think about that! It's a "South-of-the-Border"-ner; they were really not even in the United States for most of the movie, but in Northern Mexico!
I've watched this movie many times in the last 55 years yet every time I see something I didn't notice before. For one moment Tim Holt almost became Humphrey Bogart.
"Many years ago... many, many years ago, I brought up a boy, and I said to him, 'Son, if you ever become a writer, try to write a good part for your old man sometime.' Well, by cracky, that's what he did!"
Now I know why Max Steiner wasn’t called the father 👴 of movie 🎦 music 🎶 for nothing. Speaking of which. I’m not sure 🤔 whether it’s feasible or not. Could you add to the list the score he did for Casablanca (1942), please 🙏?
Bogey gets the big portrait, and in color, too, but old man Huston was the secret star. Someone else could have played Bogey's role (e.g., Spence), but no Huston, no masterpiece. Was Walter Huston that great? By crackey, he was! But who was the girl?
I would love to see a remake of this classic. Altho I don't think there's one actor within a mile of Bogart's acting range to cover his remarkable work in this film. Maybe Brad Pitt could play one of the bandit's, ya "badges?, what stinkin badges?" he'd be great for that part. Maybe Elton John could play the guy who tried to rip them off of their wages? ya, groovy, perfect
you gotta admit it would be cool. I don't know who'd act in it but I'd sure wanna see it. hell they could turn it into another Star Wars series. how cool is that? maybe even a theme park with mugs and rides and all those groovy things
@@nstix2009xitsn ha! ya that was kind of a joke Nicky boy, but I was serious about Hollowood doing a tasteful creative remake of that classic B Traven story. I think Martin Scorsese would be a perfect director
@@spactick Why would ruining a masterpiece be cool? What are you even trying to say? "Cool" is one of the dumbest phrases in the English language. Hey, we need to remake Leonardo's Mona Lisa! you gotta admit it would be cool. Ditto for Brueghel the Elder's works. Cool, cool, cool!
