The Petrified Forest

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.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller

Stars: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Genevieve Tobin, Dick Foran, Porter Hall

Crew: Charles Kenyon (Screenplay), Sol Polito (Director of Photography), Hal B. Wallis (Executive Producer), Owen Marks (Editor), Delmer Daves (Screenplay), Archie Mayo (Director)

Country: United States of America

Language: English

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Runtime: 82 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: Feb 08, 1936

IMDb: 3.9

Keywords: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

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