The Petrified Forest
AGAIN THEY TRIUMPH!...The stars of 'Human Bondage' in a picture greater than the play!
1936 | 82m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Archie Mayo |
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| Writer: | Charles Kenyon, Delmer Daves |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 08, 1936 |
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| Director: | Archie Mayo |
| Writer: | Charles Kenyon, Delmer Daves |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | arizona, gangster, film noir, based on play or musical, fugitive, diner, drifter, desert, hostage situation, aspiration, poetry recitation, françois villon, isolated place, kindred spirit, roadside diner |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Archie Mayo | Director |
| Owen Marks | Editor |
| Charles Kenyon | Screenplay |
| Sol Polito | Director of Photography |
| Bernhard Kaun | Original Music Composer |
| Richard Maybery | Assistant Director |
| John Hughes | Art Direction |
| Frank Shaw | Assistant Director |
| Charles Lang | Sound |
| Leo F. Forbstein | Music Director |
| Delmer Daves | Screenplay |
| Robert E. Sherwood | Theatre Play |
| Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Hal B. Wallis | Executive Producer |
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