The Petrified Forest

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.

7.1

82 min

Cast

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

Director

Archie Mayo