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.
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Leslie Howard as Alan Squier
Bette Davis as Gabrielle "Gabby" Maple
Humphrey Bogart as Duke Mantee
Genevieve Tobin as Mrs. Edith Chisholm
Dick Foran as Boze Hertzlinger
Porter Hall as Jason Maple
Charley Grapewin as Gramp Maple
Paul Harvey as Mr. Chisholm
Joe Sawyer as Jackie
Eddie Acuff as Lineman
Adrian Morris as Ruby
Nina Campana as Paula
Slim Thompson as Slim
John Alexander as Joseph
Arthur Aylesworth as Black Horse Troopers Commander (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham as Deputy (uncredited)
Jim Farley as Sheriff (uncredited)
George Guhl as Black Horse Trooper (uncredited)
Gus Leonard as Jim (uncredited)
Tom McGuire as Driver (uncredited)
Addison Richards as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Francis J. Scheid as Second Lineman (uncredited)
Perc Teeple as Driver (uncredited)
Frank Milan as
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