The Petrified Forest (1936)
Directed by Archie Mayo · 82 min · Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
45.2 TOPICAL score · #2,273 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
The Petrified Forest (1936, directed by Archie Mayo) has a TOPICAL score of 45.2 - ranked 2,273 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on cast and critics, and lowest on awards. Critics: 100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.5/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 7.1/10 (224 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 30 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.5/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 7.1/10 (224 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 30 languages
- Still read10,539 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Leslie Howard (actor #545), Bette Davis (actor #50), Humphrey Bogart (actor #7), Genevieve Tobin