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Alex Morgan
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5 min ago
★★★★★4/5

Just finished watching this. Visuals were stunning but the pacing felt a bit off in the second half. Still worth a watch!

+4
Daniel Cooper
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2 days ago
★★★★★2/5

I don't get the hype. The plot was predictable and the characters felt flat. It seems like style over substance to me. Maybe I missed something, but I was bored throughout.

+142
Priya Sharma
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15 days ago
★★★★★5/5

An absolute masterpiece. The director managed to weave complex themes into a compelling narrative without it feeling forced. The cinematography is some of the best I've seen in years. Truly a cinematic experience that stays with you.

The Petrified Forest
6.8
1h 16m

The Petrified Forest

Gabrielle Maple works in a dusty desert gas station-café, but yearns for the life of an artist in France, knowing there must be something finer than the provincial dead-end she is trapped in. A hitch-hiking writer, the disillusioned Alan Squier, appears and revitalizes her dreams of a better place, and finds his own sense of worth refreshed by this vital young girl. When Duke Mantee and his gang, wanted killers, show up and take hostages, Gabrielle falls in love with the poetic Alan, and Squier begins to see a way to give Gabby the life she deserves.

Top Cast

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

Duke Mantee

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

Alan Squier

Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall

Gabby Maple

Paul Hartman

Paul Hartman

Jason Maple

Jack Warden

Jack Warden

Boze

Richard Jaeckel

Richard Jaeckel

Ruby

Joseph Sweeney

Joseph Sweeney

Gramps

Natalie Schafer

Natalie Schafer

Mrs. Chisholm

Richard Gaines

Richard Gaines

Mr. Chisholm

Jack Klugman

Jack Klugman

Jackie

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Overview

The Petrified Forest (1955) is rated ⭐ 6.8/10.
Gabrielle Maple works in a dusty desert gas station-café, but yearns for the life of an artist in France, knowing there must be something finer than the provincial dead-end she is trapped in. A hitch-hiking writer, the disillusioned Alan Squier, appears and revitalizes her dreams of a better place, and finds his own sense of worth refreshed by this vital young girl. When Duke Mantee and his gang, wanted killers, show up and take hostages, Gabrielle falls in love with the poetic Alan, and Squier begins to see a way to give Gabby the life she deserves.

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