| Release | Jan 25, 2005 |
| Video | Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 |
| Audio |
English: Dolby Digital 1.0 |
| Subtitles | English, French |
| Studio | Warner Brothers |
| Year | 1936 |
| Genre | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
- Leonard Maltin Hosts Warner Night at the Movies 1936 with Newsreel, Musical Short Rhymitis, cartoon The Coo Coo Nut Grove and Theatrical Trailers
- New Featurette The Petrified Forest: Menace In The Desert
- Commentary by Bogart Biographer Eric Lax
- Audio-Only Bonus: Radio Adaptation Starring Bogart, Tyrone Power and Joan Bennett
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.
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.
Warner Brothers
presents
Bette DavisLeslie HowardHumphrey BogartDick ForanCharlie GrapewinSarah TorgovJanet Wright"Petrified Forest"
Written byCharles KenyanWritten byDelmer Davesdirected byArchie Mayo
Production Year: 1936
Written byCharles KenyanWritten byDelmer Davesdirected byArchie Mayo
Production Year: 1936
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