The Petrified Forest

February. 08,1936      NR
Rating:
7.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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

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