The Shadow's Edge
Action · Crime
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Film / 1936
The Petrified Forest
Directed by
Archie Mayo
Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.
The story
Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.
Cast
Leslie HowardAlan Squier
Bette DavisGabrielle "Gabby" Maple
Humphrey BogartDuke Mantee
Genevieve TobinMrs. Edith Chisholm
Dick ForanBoze Hertzlinger
Porter HallJason Maple
Charley GrapewinGramp Maple
Paul HarveyMr. Chisholm
Joe SawyerJackie
Eddie AcuffLineman
Adrian MorrisRuby
Nina CampanaPaula
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Slim ThompsonSlim
John AlexanderJoseph
Arthur AylesworthBlack Horse Troopers Commander (uncredited)
Jack CheathamDeputy (uncredited)
Jim FarleySheriff (uncredited)
George GuhlBlack Horse Trooper (uncredited)
Gus LeonardJim (uncredited)
Tom McGuireDriver (uncredited)
Addison RichardsRadio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Francis J. ScheidSecond Lineman (uncredited)
Perc TeepleDriver (uncredited)
Frank Milan
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