Synopsis

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 Howard

Alan Squier

Bette Davis

Gabrielle "Gabby" Maple

Humphrey Bogart

Duke Mantee

Genevieve Tobin

Mrs. Edith Chisholm

Dick Foran

Boze Hertzlinger

Porter Hall

Jason Maple

Charley Grapewin

Gramp Maple

Paul Harvey

Mr. Chisholm

Joe Sawyer

Jackie

Eddie Acuff

Lineman

Adrian Morris

Ruby

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Nina Campana

Paula

Slim Thompson

Slim

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John Alexander

Joseph

Arthur Aylesworth

Black Horse Troopers Commander (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham

Deputy (uncredited)

Jim Farley

Sheriff (uncredited)

George Guhl

Black Horse Trooper (uncredited)

Gus Leonard

Jim (uncredited)

Tom McGuire

Driver (uncredited)

Addison Richards

Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

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Francis J. Scheid

Second Lineman (uncredited)

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Perc Teeple

Driver (uncredited)

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Frank Milan

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