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.
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| Writing | Delmer Daves | Screenplay |
| Writing | Robert E. Sherwood | Theatre Play |
| Editing | Owen Marks | Editor |
| Writing | Charles Kenyon | Screenplay |
| Directing | Archie Mayo | Director |
| Production | Hal B. Wallis | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Sol Polito | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Bernhard Kaun | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Richard Maybery | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Art | John Hughes | Art Direction |
| Directing | Frank Shaw | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Charles Lang | Sound |
| Sound | Leo F. Forbstein | Music Director |
