
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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