The Petrified Forest (1936)
The Petrified Forest (1936)
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Plot.
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.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Leslie Howard
Alan Squier
Humphrey Bogart
Duke Mantee
Bette Davis
Gabrielle Maple
Genevieve Tobin
Mrs. Chisholm
Dick Foran
Boze Hertzlinger
Joe Sawyer
Jackie
Porter Hall
Jason Maple
Charley Grapewin
Gramp Maple
Paul Harvey
Mr. Chisholm
Eddie Acuff
Lineman
Adrian Morris
Ruby
Archie Mayo
Director
Nina Campana
Paula
Slim Thompson
Slim
Charles Kenyon
Writer
John Alexander
Joseph
Delmer Daves
Writer
Arthur Aylesworth
Black Horse Troopers Commander (uncredited)
Robert E. Sherwood
Writer
Jack Cheatham
Deputy (uncredited)
Sol Polito
Cinematographer
Jim Farley
Sheriff (uncredited)
Owen Marks
Editor
George Guhl
Black Horse Trooper (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 8, 1936
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 22m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
The Petrified Forest is a 1936 American crime drama film directed by Archie Mayo and based on Robert E. Sherwood's 1934 drama of the same name. The motion picture stars Leslie Howard, Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart. The screenplay was written by Delmer Daves and Charles Kenyon, and adaptations were later performed on radio and television. The film is set in Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.
According to Variety, Warner Bros. filmed two endings. Howard's character dies in one and survives in the other.In May 1945, Warner Bros. released another film based on Sherwood's play, Escape in the Desert. It pitches a Dutch flyer walking across country to San Francisco and others against a bunch of escaped Nazi POWs.
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