The Petrified Forest
7.5
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.
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Humphrey Bogart
Duke Mantee
Known for
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
Henry Fonda
Alan Squier
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Grapes of Wrath
Lauren Bacall
Gabby Maple
Known for
Misery
The Big Sleep
Paul Hartman
Jason Maple
Known for
Inherit the Wind
The Andy Griffith Show
Jack Warden
Boze
Known for
12 Angry Men
All the President's Men
Richard Jaeckel
Ruby
Known for
Starman
The Dirty Dozen
Joseph Sweeney
Gramps
Known for
12 Angry Men
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Natalie Schafer
Mrs. Chisholm
Known for
Gilligan's Island
Secret Beyond the Door
Richard Gaines
Mr. Chisholm
Known for
Double Indemnity
The More the Merrier
Jack Klugman
Jackie
Known for
12 Angry Men
Quincy, M.E.
Dick Elliott
Commander
Known for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Christmas in Connecticut
Steven Ritch
Lineman
Known for
The Werewolf
Murder by Contract
Delbert Mann Director · Robert E. Sherwood Author Robert Campbell Costume designer
United States release May 30, 1955 · Produced in United States
Production
Showcase Productions
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 30, 1955
TV · NBC
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