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