That's exactly what I say. Gold don't carry any curse with it. It all depends on whether or not the guy who finds it is the right guy.

— Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart)

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You can hear this line at 00:14:29.978 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- On the other hand, going with a partner, too, is dangerous... murder's always lurking about, partners accusing each other of all sorts of crimes.

- Oh, as long as there's no find, the noble brotherhood will last. But when the piles of gold begin to grow, that's when the trouble starts.

- Me, now, I wouldn't mind a little of that kind of trouble.

- Ah, I think I'll go to sleep and dream about piles of gold getting bigger and bigger and bigger.

- Do you believe what that old man who was doing all the talking at the Oso Negro said the other night about gold changing a man's soul so's he ain't the same kind of a guy that he was before finding it?

- Guess that all depends on the man.

- That's exactly what I say. Gold don't carry any curse with it. It all depends on whether or not the guy who finds it is the right guy.

- The way I see it, gold can be as much of a blessing as a curse.

- Hey, uh, Dobbsy.

- Yeah?

- Look who's coming out of the hotel Bristol. Is that Pat McCormick, or am I seeing things?

- It's him.

- Let's get him.

- Let's get him hard.

- Why don't you and me go and buy me shopping things, huh? For instance, I could use a new pair of shoes. Zapatos.

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