

The Petrified Forest
1 hour 16 minutes1955-05-30
6.3
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Gabrielle Maple works in a dusty desert gas station-café, but yearns for the life of an artist in France, knowing there must be something finer than the provincial dead-end she is trapped in. A hitch-hiking writer, the disillusioned Alan Squier, appears and revitalizes her dreams of a better place, and finds his own sense of worth refreshed by this vital young girl. When Duke Mantee and his gang, wanted killers, show up and take hostages, Gabrielle falls in love with the poetic Alan, and Squier begins to see a way to give Gabby the life she deserves.
Cast

Humphrey Bogart
Duke Mantee

Henry Fonda
Alan Squier

Lauren Bacall
Gabby Maple

Paul Hartman
Jason Maple

Jack Warden
Boze

Richard Jaeckel
Ruby

Joseph Sweeney
Gramps

Natalie Schafer
Mrs. Chisholm

Richard Gaines
Mr. Chisholm

Jack Klugman
Jackie

Dick Elliott
Commander

Steven Ritch
Lineman

Morris Buchanan
Pyles

Julia Montoya
Paula
