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The Petrified Forest

82 min 1936

The Petrified Forest

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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
United States
Genre
Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Released
08 Feb, 1936
Cast
Leslie Howard Bette Davis Humphrey Bogart
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