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The Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest

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

19367.11h 22m

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.

Directed by Archie Mayo
Written by Charles Kenyon, Delmer Daves, Robert E. Sherwood
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Top Cast

Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard

Alan Squier

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Gabrielle "Gabby" Maple

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

Duke Mantee

Genevieve Tobin

Genevieve Tobin

Mrs. Edith Chisholm

Dick Foran

Dick Foran

Boze Hertzlinger

Porter Hall

Porter Hall

Jason Maple

Charley Grapewin

Charley Grapewin

Gramp Maple

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey

Mr. Chisholm

Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

Jackie

Eddie Acuff

Eddie Acuff

Lineman

Themes & Keywords

gangsterarizonadinerbased on play or musicalfilm noirfugitivedrifterdeserthostage situationaspirationpoetry recitationfrançois villonisolated placekindred spiritroadside diner

About The Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest is a crime, drama, romance, thriller film released in 1936 exploring themes of gangster, arizona, diner, based on play or musical, film noir, fugitive. Directed by Archie Mayo, it stars Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart. 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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