Storyline
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 & Crew
Humphrey Bogart
Duke Mantee
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Delbert Mann's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Petrified Forest is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
