
Feature film — 1936
The Petrified Forest (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.
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Warner Bros. Pictures
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Director: Archie Mayo
On screen
Cast & crew

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
Nina Campana
Paula
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