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The Petrified Forest
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1936 film by Archie Mayo
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The Petrified Forest is a 1936 American black-and-white film noir crime drama directed by Archie Mayo. Produced by Hal B. Wallis for Warner Bros. Entertainment, the screenplay was written by Delmer Daves. The cast features Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, and Genevieve Tobin. Bernhard Kaun composed the score, while Sol Polito served as director of photography. Costume design was handled by Orry-Kelly, and Owen Marks edited the film.
Set in Arizona, the narrative takes place in a diner and is based on a play. The movie has a runtime of 82 minutes. It received an IMDb rating of 7.5 from 15,890 votes and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 94%. The film won four awards and holds a TMDb vote average of 7.144. It was distributed by Netflix in video on demand format.
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Film · TMDB
7.1Gabby, 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.
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
Themes
- gangster
- arizona
- diner
- based on play or musical
- film noir
- fugitive
- drifter
- desert
- hostage situation
- aspiration
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
15,890 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
- Year
- 1936
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 4 wins total
via OMDb · IMDb
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Archie Mayo
- Screenwriter
- Delmer Daves
- Cast member
- Arthur Aylesworth
- Composer
- Bernhard Kaun
- Producer
- Hal B. Wallis
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Sol Polito
- Narrative location
- Arizona
- Duration
- 79
- FilmAffinity ID
- 554892
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Bogart Howard Davis Petrified Forest.jpg
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- Commons category
- The Petrified Forest (film)
- publication date
- 1936-01-01
- film editor
- Owen Marks
- title
- The Petrified Forest
- executive producer
- Hal B. Wallis
- costume designer
- Orry-Kelly
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- petrified wood
- review score
- 100%
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