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“They said this book was "throbbing, vital, absorbing." (N.Y. American) You'll say the same thing about the picture!”
Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.
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Released
Original Language
EN

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.


Tom Blake
A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.