A drifter at an Arizona desert restaurant pays with a silver dollar
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The 1936 film "The Petrified Forest" features Bette Davis handing drifter Leslie Howard a silver dollar.
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![]() 1. Title
The film opens with a scene of the Arizona desert.
![]() 2. In the desert
Alan Squier is hitchhiking in the Arizona desert when he arrives at a small restaurant.
![]() 3. The Petrified Forest BAR-B-Q
The building design is based on the Southwestern Pueblo designs.
![]() 4. Gabrielle
Gabrielle's father was in the service during World War I and married a French woman who spent a
short time in America and then went back to France, leaving Gabrielle, who wants more than anything
to go to France and live there.
![]() 5. Alan and Gabrielle
Alan stops for a meal and meets Gabrielle.
![]() 6. Gramp reading newspaper
The headline is about a gunfight between the police and a criminal gang led by Duke Mantee,
who is based on John Dillinger.
![]() 7. Gabrielle hands silver dollar to Alan
The coin is probably a dollar-sized prop coin.
![]() 8. Alan wonders if it is for him
Another view of the silver dollar.
![]() 9. Silver dollar views
Theee merged views of the silver dollar which appears to be some kind of token or prop coin
with a man's face on it.
![]() 10. Duke and two members of his gang
Duke's group are waiting for another car carrying other members of his gang.
![]() 11. Hostages
The customer hostages include Alan, a wealthy couple, their uniformed chauffeur, and Gramp.
Behind Gramp is Slim, a member of Duke's gang.
![]() 12. Alan signs the policy
Alan asks Duke to kill him when his group leaves.
![]() 13. Duke in gun battle
Duke appears to be holding a Winchester rifle which is right out of the "Old West."
![]() 14. Deputies firing
The deputies are wearing cowboy hats and western outfits.
![]() 15. Finale
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Cast, Directors, Writers:
Leslie Howard as Alan Squier
Bette Davis as Gabrielle Maple Humphrey Bogart as Duke Mantee Charley Grapewin as Gramp Maple Writers: Charles Kenyon, Delmer Daves, Robert E. Sherwood |
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