The Petrified Forest (1936)
AGAIN THEY TRIUMPH!...The stars of 'Human Bondage' in a picture greater than the play!
82 min
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 date
- February 8, 1936
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Leslie Howard as Alan Squier
- Humphrey Bogart as Duke Mantee
- Bette Davis as Gabrielle Maple
- Genevieve Tobin as Mrs. Chisholm
- Dick Foran as Boze Hertzlinger
- Joe Sawyer as Jackie
- Porter Hall as Jason Maple
- Charley Grapewin as Gramp Maple
- Paul Harvey as Mr. Chisholm
- Eddie Acuff as Lineman
Crew
- Archie Mayo · Director
- Charles Kenyon · Writer
- Delmer Daves · Writer
- Robert E. Sherwood · Writer
- Sol Polito · Cinematographer
- Owen Marks · Editor