The Petrified Forest

May 30, 1955

1h 16m

★ 6.8

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Showcase Productions

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Cast

Duke Mantee

Humphrey Bogart

Alan Squier

Henry Fonda

Gabby Maple

Lauren Bacall

Jason Maple

Paul Hartman

Boze

Jack Warden

Ruby

Richard Jaeckel

Gramps

Joseph Sweeney

Mrs. Chisholm

Natalie Schafer

Mr. Chisholm

Richard Gaines

Jackie

Jack Klugman

Commander

Dick Elliott

Lineman

Steven Ritch

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