The Petrified Forest (1936)

Directed by Archie Mayo. With Leslie Howard, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Genevieve Tobin. A waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert.

Burned-out British intellectual Alan Squier (Leslie Howard) wanders into the desert service station/restaurant owned by Jason Maple (Porter Hall). Alan finds himself an object of fascination for Jason's starry-eyed daughter, Gabrielle Bette Davis, who dreams of moving to France and establishing herself. Boze Hertzlinger (Dick Foran), Gabrielle's gas-jockey boyfriend, grows jealous of Alan, but the penniless, dissipated Briton has no intention of settling down; in fact, as soon as he mooches a ride from wealthy tourists Mr. and Mrs. Chisholm (Paul Harvey and Genevieve Tobin), he's on his way out of Gabrielle's life...or so everyone thinks. Later that same day, Alan, Gabrielle, Jason, Boze, and Mr. and Mrs. Chisholm are huddled together in the selfsame restaurant, held at gunpoint by Dillinger-like desperado Duke Mantee (Humphrey Bogart) and his gang. Alan seems indifferent to the danger, toasting Duke as

The Petrified Forest is a 1936 American film directed by Archie Mayo and based on Robert E. Sherwood's 1935 Broadway drama of the same name. The motion picture stars Leslie Howard, Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart. [1] The screenplay was written by Delmer Daves and Charles Kenyon,

Overview of The Petrified Forest, 1936, directed by Archie L. Mayo, with Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Genevieve Tobin, at Turner Classic Movies

Due to the scowly presence of Humphrey Bogart in its second half, the 1936 film The Petrified Forest would later be considered one of the decade's great gangster pictures, though in actuality it's...

Oscar-winner Humphrey Bogart stars as Duke Mantee, an escaped convict who holds customers hostage at a remote desert diner.

The Petrified Forest: The Petrified Forest, American crime film, released in 1936, that established Humphrey Bogart as a major talent. Although cast in a supporting role, he earned much of the film’s acclaim for his portrayal of the gangster Duke Mantee. Leslie Howard played Alan Squier, a disillusioned intellectual and