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Rating: 7.1/10 by 188 users

The Petrified Forest (1936)

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.

Directing:
  • Archie Mayo
  • Richard Maybery
  • Frank Shaw
Writing:
  • Charles Kenyon
  • Delmer Daves
  • Robert E. Sherwood
Stars:
Release Date: Sat, Feb 08, 1936

Rating: 7.1/10 by 188 users

Alternative Title:
El bosque petrificado - AR
A Floresta Petrificada - BR

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 22 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Plot 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
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Leslie Howard
Alan Squier
Bette Davis
Gabrielle "Gabby" Maple
Genevieve Tobin
Mrs. Edith Chisholm
Dick Foran
Boze Hertzlinger
Porter Hall
Jason Maple
Paul Harvey
Mr. Chisholm
Arthur Aylesworth
Black Horse Troopers Commander (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham
Deputy (uncredited)
Jim Farley
Sheriff (uncredited)
George Guhl
Black Horse Trooper (uncredited)
Gus Leonard
Jim (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Driver (uncredited)
Addison Richards
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Francis J. Scheid
Second Lineman (uncredited)
Perc Teeple
Driver (uncredited)

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