The Petrified Forest

In the isolated Arizona diner, a world away from aspirations of a better life, Gabby dreams of artistic expression and freedom from her dead-end existence. Penniless intellectual Alan drifts in, striking up a rapport with Gabby that kindles a passion for poetry and adventure. When notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage, surrounded by miles of desert, their lives become a thrilling game of cat and mouse as they wait to be rescued – or die trying.