![]() Sherwood based the Duke Mantee character on John Dillinger, the notorious criminal who in 1933 was named the FBI's first "Public Enemy #1" by J. ![]() The 1935 Broadway production of The Petrified Forest starred Howard, an established star, and Bogart, an actor in his first leading theatrical role. Humphrey Bogart (left) and Leslie Howard (standing center) in the 1935 Broadway stage production of The Petrified Forest, directed by Arthur Hopkins Alan dies in Gabrielle's arms, secure in the knowledge that she, unlike the rest, will escape her dead-end existence to pursue her dreams. Duke obliges, after Alan blocks him from leaving with his human shields then Duke leaves, only to be caught by the police. "), so that Gabrielle can use the insurance money to realize her dream of moving to France. Then he asks Duke to kill him ("It couldn't make any difference to you, Duke. Inspired by Boze's act of courage, Alan responds to an impulse: While Gabrielle is in the back room bandaging Boze's hand, he produces a life insurance policy from his bag and amends it, making Gabrielle the beneficiary. As police and federal agents converge on the diner, Duke prepares to flee, announcing that he will take Mr. ![]() Duke learns that Doris has been captured, and has revealed their rendezvous location to the police. Alan, the Chisholms, and their chauffeur soon make their way back to the diner as well.Īlan, indifferent to the hostage situation, engages Duke in lively conversation and toasts him as "the last great apostle of rugged individualism." Boze snatches a rifle and gets the drop on Duke, but during a momentary distraction Duke draws his pistol and shoots Boze in the hand, regaining control. Duke and his gang seize the Chisholms' car and drive to the diner, where Duke has arranged to rendezvous with his girlfriend, Doris, on their way to Mexico. Chisholm but after only a few minutes on the road they encounter Duke Mantee, a notorious gangster fleeing a massive police pursuit, whose car has broken down. ![]() He mooches a ride from wealthy tourists Mr. Boze Hertzlinger, a beefy diner employee who has wooed Gabrielle in vain, grows jealous of Alan, who decides to leave forthwith. Gabrielle shows Alan her paintings-the first time she has shown them to anyone-and reads him a favorite François Villon poem. Alan tells his story-how he wrote one novel, then lived in France for eight years with his publisher's wife, trying to write another-and Gabrielle is instantly smitten with him. She now sends poetry to Gabrielle, who dreams of moving to Bourges, where her parents first met, to become an artist. Gabrielle's mother, a French war bride who fell in love with Jason when he was a young, handsome American serviceman, left her "dull defeated man" after World War I and moved back to France when Gabrielle was a baby. The diner is run by Jason Maple, his daughter Gabrielle, and Gramp, Jason's father, who regales anyone who will listen with stories of his adventures in the Old West with such characters as Billy the Kid. In the midst of the Great Depression, Alan Squier, a failed British writer, now a disillusioned, penniless drifter, wanders into a roadside diner in the remote town of Black Mesa, Arizona, at the edge of the Petrified Forest. ![]()
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