A scene from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948
Howard Walter Huston

[about Dobbs and Curtin's "find"]

This stuff wouldn't pay you dinner for a carload. Next time you fellas strike it rich, holler for me, will ya, before you start splashing water around. Water's precious. Sometimes it can be more precious than gold.

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Howard Hey you fellas, how about some beans? Ya want some beans? Goin' through some mighty rough country tomorrow - you better have some beans! Howard Well, how does it feel, you fellers, to be men of property? Howard It's come around to me again, but I won't take my turn if you guys'll stop worryin' about your goods and go to bed. We've got work to do tomorrow.
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