The Petrified Forest
1936 · 82 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 15,393 VOTES · DIR. Archie Mayo
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,242 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:03 How about some water?
00:05:32 You didn't have to drive behind the lines.
00:09:31 Look out. Here's someone coming.
00:13:12 Just in case of emergency. Say, between the two of you...
00:16:55 - Like the soup? - Oh, it was glorious.
00:20:18 How did you pronounce his name?
00:23:51 I wanted to show how the clouds look when they roll down the mountains.
00:26:47 She's taking the world away from the intellectuals and giving it back to the apes.
00:30:37 - Yes, I'm going. - Well, I guess I can't stop you.
00:33:42 But I wanted you to keep that.
00:38:54 Yeah, I heard all that. But isn't that what I've been telling you all along?
00:43:07 I couldn't say, pal.
00:46:25 - You heard what he said to me. - Sit down.
00:49:39 - No. - Haven't you?
00:53:11 You know, I'm sorry now that I came back.
00:56:09 Trouble is, you're just too fast for your interference.
00:59:36 Yes, Miss Maple. That young lady in there.
01:02:54 Let me know when you want to be killed.
01:06:02 I guess we're all a lot of saps, but I wouldn't be surprised...
01:08:59 At the price of my self-respect, my individuality and everything else.
01:11:56 Alan, what have you found?
01:14:57 - Pick up that sack, Slim. - Wait a minute.
01:18:57 - Me too? - No, not you, pop. Get moving!
22:00:00 and it's all willed to me.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,242
Dialogue density15.1 lines / min
First line00:02:03
Final line22:00:00
Production Record
DirectorArchie Mayo
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes15,393