A drifter at an Arizona desert restaurant pays with a silver dollar
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The 1936 film "The Petrified Forest" features Bette Davis handing drifter Leslie Howard a silver dollar.
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1. Title
The film opens with a scene of the Arizona desert.
2. In the desert
Alan Squier is hitchhiking in the Arizona desert when he arrives at a small restaurant.
3. The Petrified Forest BAR-B-Q
The building design is based on the Southwestern Pueblo designs.
4. Gabrielle
Gabrielle's father was in the service during World War I and married a French woman who spent a
short time in America and then went back to France, leaving Gabrielle, who wants more than anything
to go to France and live there.
5. Alan and Gabrielle
Alan stops for a meal and meets Gabrielle.
6. Gramp reading newspaper
The headline is about a gunfight between the police and a criminal gang led by Duke Mantee,
who is based on John Dillinger.
7. Gabrielle hands silver dollar to Alan
The coin is probably a dollar-sized prop coin.
8. Alan wonders if it is for him
Another view of the silver dollar.
9. Silver dollar views
Theee merged views of the silver dollar which appears to be some kind of token or prop coin
with a man's face on it.
10. Duke and two members of his gang
Duke's group are waiting for another car carrying other members of his gang.
11. Hostages
The customer hostages include Alan, a wealthy couple, their uniformed chauffeur, and Gramp.
Behind Gramp is Slim, a member of Duke's gang.
12. Alan signs the policy
Alan asks Duke to kill him when his group leaves.
13. Duke in gun battle
Duke appears to be holding a Winchester rifle which is right out of the "Old West."
14. Deputies firing
The deputies are wearing cowboy hats and western outfits.
15. Finale
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Cast, Directors, Writers:
Leslie Howard as Alan Squier
Bette Davis as Gabrielle Maple Humphrey Bogart as Duke Mantee Charley Grapewin as Gramp Maple Writers: Charles Kenyon, Delmer Daves, Robert E. Sherwood |
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