Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.
Title | The Petrified Forest |
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Year | 1936 |
Genre | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Cast | Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Genevieve Tobin, Dick Foran, Porter Hall |
Crew | Hal B. Wallis (Executive Producer), Archie Mayo (Director), Charles Kenyon (Screenplay), Robert E. Sherwood (Theatre Play), Sol Polito (Director of Photography), Delmer Daves (Screenplay) |
Keyword | gangster, arizona, diner, based on play or musical, film noir, fugitive, drifter, desert, hostage situation, aspiration, poetry recitation, françois villon, isolated place, kindred spirit, roadside diner |
Release | Feb 08, 1936 |
Runtime | 82 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.10 / 10 by 189 users |