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 has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Petrified Forest was released in 1936 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 134 reviews, giving The Petrified Forest (1936) an average rating of 75%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 75%.
With a score of 75%, The Petrified Forest is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1936, which stands at 60%.
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