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The Petrified Forest (1936)

Directed by Archie Mayo

Crime | Drama | Suspense

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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.

Rated NR | Length 82 minutes

Actors

Leslie Howard | Bette Davis | Humphrey Bogart | Genevieve Tobin | Dick Foran | Porter Hall | Charley Grapewin | Paul Harvey | Joe Sawyer | Eddie Acuff | Adrian Morris | Nina Campana | Slim Thompson | John Alexander | Arthur Aylesworth | Jack Cheatham | Jim Farley | George Guhl | Gus Leonard | Tom McGuire | Addison Richards | Francis J. Scheid | Perc Teeple | Frank Milan

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Viewing Notes

Essentially a filmed stage play, most notable for Bogie’s breakout performance as a dangerous gangster.

Fun fact: Warner Bros. wanted to cast Edward G. Robinson in the role, but Leslie Howard, who owned the rights to the play, insisted on Bogart. Bogart was forever grateful to Howard and named his daughter “Leslie”.

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