The Petrified Forest

Story Line

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.

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

Top 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