The Petrified Forest

1936 · 82 min · ★ 7.1 / 10 · 224 votes

Crime · Drama · Romance · Thrillers

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.

Cast

Leslie Howard · Bette Davis · Humphrey Bogart · Genevieve Tobin · Dick Foran · Porter Hall · Charley Grapewin · Paul Harvey · Joe Sawyer · Eddie Acuff

Director

Archie Mayo