Description
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." The Petrified Forest, Robert E. Sherwood's 1935 Broadway success about survival of the fittest in the modern world, hit the screen a year later with
Leslie Howard (Squier) and
Humphrey Bogart (Mantee) magnificently recreating their stage roles and
Bette Davis (Gabby) ably reteaming with her Of Human Bondage co-star Howard. Sherwood initially wanted Bogart for a smaller role. "I thought Sherwood was right," Bogart said. "I couldn't picture myself playing a gangster. So what happened? I made a hit as the gangster." So right was he that Howard refused to make the film without him.and helped launch Bogey's brilliant movie career.
Details
Released: Wed 10 Aug 2005
Catalogue Number: DVS67431
Rating: 
Region: 4 - Suitable for Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, South America, Central America, Pacific Islands and Caribbean
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- Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Leslie Howard
- Director: Archie Mayo
- Studio: Warner Bros
- Feature:
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Leonard Maltin Hosts Warner Night at the Movies 1936 with Newsreel, Musical Short Rhythmitis, Cartoon The Coo Coo Nut Grove and 1936 Trailer Gallery
- The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert
- Commentary by Bogart Biographer Eric Lax
- Audio:
- English
- Italian Dolby Digital
- Subtitles: English, Arabic, English for the Hearing Impaired, French, Dutch, Italian, Italian for the Hearing Impaired, Bulgarian
- Discs: 1
- Format: PAL
- Release Year: 1936
- Running Time: 83 minutes
Availability
Estimated despatch 5-10 days after ordering.