The Petrified Forest

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Leslie Howard

Alan Squier

Age : 50 | Popularity : 10%

Bette Davis

Gabrielle "Gabby" Maple

Age : 81 | Popularity : 17%

Humphrey Bogart

Duke Mantee

Age : 57 | Popularity : 24%

Genevieve Tobin

Mrs. Edith Chisholm

Age : 95 | Popularity : 3%

Dick Foran

Boze Hertzlinger

Age : 69 | Popularity : 7%

Porter Hall

Jason Maple

Age : 65 | Popularity : 8%

Charley Grapewin

Gramp Maple

Age : 86 | Popularity : 7%

Paul Harvey

Mr. Chisholm

Age : 73 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Editing	Editor	Owen Marks
Writing	Theatre Play	Robert E. Sherwood
	Screenplay	Delmer Daves Charles Kenyon
Production	Executive Producer	Hal B. Wallis
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Orry-Kelly
Sound	Music Director	Leo F. Forbstein
	Original Music Composer	Bernhard Kaun
	Sound	Charles Lang
Camera	Director of Photography	Sol Polito
Directing	Director	Archie Mayo
	Assistant Director	Frank Shaw Richard Maybery
Art	Art Direction	John Hughes
Department	Role	Name

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