The Petrified Forest

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

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.

Crime Drama Romance Thriller

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)

Slim Thompson

(Slim)

John Alexander

(Joseph)

Arthur Aylesworth

(Black Horse Troopers Commander (uncredited))

Jack Cheatham

(Deputy (uncredited))

Jim Farley

(Sheriff (uncredited))

George Guhl

(Black Horse Trooper (uncredited))

Gus Leonard

(Jim (uncredited))

Tom McGuire

(Driver (uncredited))

Addison Richards

(Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited))

Francis J. Scheid

(Second Lineman (uncredited))

Perc Teeple

(Driver (uncredited))

Frank Milan