Humphrey Bogart of the play, "a peach ... a roaring Western melodrama ... Humphrey Bogart does the best work of his career as an actor." Bogart said that the play "marked my deliverance from the ranks of the sleek, sybaritic, stiff-shirted, swallow-tailed 'smoothies' to which I seemed condemned to life." This, however, did not yet mean felt secure. Warner Bros. bought the screen rights to "The Petrified Forest". The play seemed perfect for the studio, which was famous for its socially realistic, urban, low-budget action pictures, especially for a public entranced by real-life criminals like John Dillinger (whom Bogart resembled) and Dutch
KL Gangster 2 Malik and Jai would later continue in the first film, KL Gangster. The film was shot began 1 December 2011 and choose several locations such as Kuala Lumpur, Klang Valley and Batu Gajah, Perak as the filming location. The film finally got the Malaysian actor, Rosyam Nor after Syamsul Yusof failed to reach him for KL Gangster due to his hectic work schedule. According to Syamsul, he does want Rosyam to be casted in the action movie because the character is specially created for him. The last time Rosyam acted in action films via Bade Hj. Azmi's 2006 film, Castello.