The Petrified Forest
08/02/1936
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.
Movie Information
Leslie Howard
as Alan Squier
Bette Davis
as Gabrielle "Gabby" Maple
Humphrey Bogart
as Duke Mantee
Genevieve Tobin
as Mrs. Edith Chisholm
Dick Foran
as Boze Hertzlinger
Porter Hall
as Jason Maple
Charley Grapewin
as Gramp Maple
Paul Harvey
as Mr. Chisholm
Joe Sawyer
as Jackie
Eddie Acuff
as Lineman
Adrian Morris
as Ruby
Nina Campana
as Paula
Slim Thompson
as Slim
John Alexander
as Joseph
Arthur Aylesworth
as Black Horse Troopers Commander (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham
as Deputy (uncredited)
Jim Farley
as Sheriff (uncredited)
George Guhl
as Black Horse Trooper (uncredited)
Gus Leonard
as Jim (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
as Driver (uncredited)
Addison Richards
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Francis J. Scheid
as Second Lineman (uncredited)
Perc Teeple
as Driver (uncredited)
Frank Milan
as
