They hand him a shovel, tell him where to dig. When he's dug deep enough, they tell him to put the shovel down, smoke a cigarette, and say his prayers. In another 5 minutes, he's being covered over with the earth he dug out.

— James Cody (Bruce Bennett)

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10 seconds sound clip from the The Treasure of the Sierra Madre movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:53:54.548 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- By tracing the rocks, I find they come from that Ridge up there, washed down by the tropical rain.

- You don't say so?

- Yes, I say so.

(Gunshots)

- So much for those bandits.

- You know, you got to hand it to the Mexicans when it comes to swift justice. Once the federales get their mitts on a criminal, they know just what to do with him.

- They hand him a shovel, tell him where to dig. When he's dug deep enough, they tell him to put the shovel down, smoke a cigarette, and say his prayers. In another 5 minutes, he's being covered over with the earth he dug out.

- Yeah, you gotta hand it to 'em, all right.

- I meant what I said about going along with you. Those are my two burros. I'm all packed up and ready to start if you'll let me go with you back to your camp.

- Oh, thanks anyway, but I prefer going it by myself. Good luck.

- Adios.

- Burros!

- I went a way around and stayed on hard ground which wouldn't show the tracks. Every time I hit a high point and looked back, I could see he was still coming right along. I guess it's only a matter of time until he shows up here.

[...]

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