The Petrified Forest
“AGAIN THEY TRIUMPH!...The stars of 'Human Bondage' in a picture greater than the play!”
Director
Archie Mayo
Screenplay
Charles Kenyon, Delmer Daves
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.
Release
Feb 8, 1936
Budget
—
Country
United States of America
Revenue
—
Cast
Leslie Howard
Alan Squier
Bette Davis
Gabrielle "Gabby" Maple
Humphrey Bogart
Duke Mantee
Genevieve Tobin
Mrs. Edith Chisholm
Dick Foran
Boze Hertzlinger
Porter Hall
Jason Maple
Charley Grapewin
Gramp Maple
Paul Harvey
Mr. Chisholm
Joe Sawyer
Jackie
Eddie Acuff
Lineman
Adrian Morris
Ruby
Slim Thompson
Slim
Arthur Aylesworth
Black Horse Troopers Commander (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham
Deputy (uncredited)
Jim Farley
Sheriff (uncredited)
George Guhl
Black Horse Trooper (uncredited)
Gus Leonard
Jim (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Driver (uncredited)
Addison Richards
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
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