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  • Producers' Showcase The Petrified Forest (Season 1, Episode 10)
  • TV Episode | 90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy

Producers' Showcase

The Petrified Forest (Season 1, Episode 10)
TV Episode | 90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy

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 ...See moreGabrielle 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. Written by Jim Beaver See less
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Director
Writers
Tad Mosel (adaptation) | Robert E. Sherwood (play)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated May 30, 1955

Release date
May 30, 1955 (United States)

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