Crime ·Drama ·Romance ·Thriller · United States of America · 1936 · 1h 22m

The Petrified Forest

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Director
Archie Mayo
Cast
Leslie Howard as Alan Squier Bette Davis as Gabrielle "Gabby" Maple Humphrey Bogart as Duke Mantee Genevieve Tobin as Mrs. Edith Chisholm Dick Foran as Boze Hertzlinger Porter Hall as Jason Maple
Crew
Sol Polito — Director of Photography Owen Marks — Editor Bernhard Kaun — Original Music Composer Charles Kenyon — Screenplay Delmer Daves — Screenplay Orry-Kelly — Costume Design
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

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Mood & Themes
gangsterarizonadinerbased on play or musicalfilm noirfugitivedrifterdeserthostage situationaspirationpoetry recitationfrançois villon
Key Collaborators
Archie Mayo Director Sol Polito Director of Photography Owen Marks Editor Bernhard Kaun Original Music Composer Charles Kenyon Screenplay Delmer Daves Screenplay Orry-Kelly Costume Design
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