The petrified forest / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. ; directed by Archie L. Mayo ; screen play by Charles Kenyon and Delmer Daves.

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A rundown diner bakes in the Arizona heat. Inside, fugitive killer Duke Mantee sweats out a manhunt, holding disillusioned writer Alan Squier, young Gabby Maple and a handful of others hostage. As trapped as his captives, Mantee admits: It looks like I'll spend the rest of my life dead.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
Turner Entertainment Co
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Mayo, Archie L., 1891-1968
Kenyon, Charles, 1880-1961
Daves, Delmer, 1904-1977
Howard, Leslie, 1893-1943
Davis, Bette, 1908-1989
Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957
Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955
Language:English
Spanish
French
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
English or Spanish dialogue; Spanish or French subtitles.
Published: [Culver City, Calif.] : Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. ; Warner Home Video, 2013.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Fugitives from justice > Arizona > Drama.
Hostages > Arizona > Drama.
Feature films.
Gangster films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Fugitives from justice.
Hostages.
Arizona.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Gangster films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 Blu-ray disc (82 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Description
Summary:
A rundown diner bakes in the Arizona heat. Inside, fugitive killer Duke Mantee sweats out a manhunt, holding disillusioned writer Alan Squier, young Gabby Maple and a handful of others hostage. As trapped as his captives, Mantee admits: It looks like I'll spend the rest of my life dead.
Note:Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1936.
Special features: commentary by Bogart biographer Eric Lax; Leonard Maltin hosts Warner Night at the Movies 1936 wtih Newsreel, musical short "Rhythmitis", cartoon "The Coo Coo Nut Grove"; theatrical trailers ; featurette: The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert; 1/7/1940 Gulf screen theater broadcast.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CY1 D0151295 Blu-ray Video
Audience:
MPAA rating: Not rated CHV rating: PG.
System Details:Blu-ray, 1080p High Definition, 16x9 (1.37:1) widescreen, DTS-HD MA 1.0 Dolby digital; requires Blu-ray player.
Blu-ray disc: Not compatible with standard DVD players; requires Blu-ray disc player.
Cast:
Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, Dick Foran, Genevieve Tobin, Joseph Sawyer, Eddie Acuff.