The Petrified Forest
82 min
1936
Published on, 1 year ago
The Petrified Forest
82 min
1936
Published on, 1 year ago
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.
Country
Released
08 Feb, 1936
Main Cast
gangster
arizona
diner
film noir
fugitive
drifter
hostage situation
aspiration
poetry recitation
françois villon
isolated place
kindred spirit
roadside diner
