- HD 1080
- Runtime: 82m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Archie Mayo
- Stars: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Genevieve Tobin, Dick Foran
- keywords: 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
- Production_studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Slogan: AGAIN THEY TRIUMPH!...The stars of 'Human Bondage' in a picture greater than the play!
- The The Petrified Forest is featured in the top rankings of 1936
- #8 in Top Romance Movies of 1936
- #14 in Top Drama Movies of 1936
- #5 in Top Crime Movies of 1936
- #2 in Top Thriller Movies of 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.
