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The Petrified Forest (1936)

The Petrified Forest (1936)

Drama Crime Romance Thriller

AGAIN THEY TRIUMPH!...The stars of 'Human Bondage' in a picture greater than the play!

Release Date: 1936, February 8
Directors: Archie Mayo
Countries: United States of America
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast: Addison Richards, Humphrey Bogart, Leslie Howard, Adrian Morris, Charley Grapewin, Jack Cheatham, John Alexander, Bette Davis, Paul Harvey, Joe Sawyer, Porter Hall, Arthur Aylesworth

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

gangster film noir desert based on play or musical fugitive diner poetry recitation arizona isolated place hostage situation drifter aspiration roadside diner kindred spirit françois villon