The Petrified Forest (1936)

02/08/1936 (US) • 1h 22m

Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller

AGAIN THEY TRIUMPH!...The stars of 'Human Bondage' in a picture greater than the play!

Overview

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.

Top Billed 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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

gangster

arizona

diner

based on play or musical

film noir

fugitive

drifter

desert

hostage situation

aspiration

poetry recitation

françois villon

isolated place

kindred spirit

roadside diner

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