The read
A Balasaur Score of 79 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%. Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 81% of the 91 1930s crime movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
224 audience votes
Key crew
- Charles KenyonScreenplay
- Delmer DavesScreenplay
- Archie MayoDirector
- Bernhard KaunOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Leslie HowardAlan Squier
- Bette DavisGabrielle "Gabby" Maple
- Humphrey BogartDuke Mantee
- Genevieve TobinMrs. Edith Chisholm
- Dick ForanBoze Hertzlinger
- Porter HallJason Maple
- Charley GrapewinGramp Maple
- Paul HarveyMr. Chisholm
- Joe SawyerJackie
- Eddie AcuffLineman
- Adrian MorrisRuby
- Nina CampanaPaula
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Themes
gangsterarizonadinerbased on play or musicalfilm noirfugitivedrifterdeserthostage situationaspirationpoetry recitationfrançois villon