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The Petrified Forest (1936)
Directed by Archie Mayo
Most recently watched by AllAboutSteve, sleestakk
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