Beyond the Forest (1949)

10/21/1949Drama, Thriller1h 37m
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Nobody's as good as Bette when she's bad!

Overview

Rosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city man insists she get a divorce and marry him instead. Soon she demonstrates she is capable of rather deplorable acts -- including murder.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Bette Davis

    Rosa Moline

  2. Cast 1

    Joseph Cotten

    Doctor Louis Moline

  3. Cast 1

    David Brian

    Neil Latimer

  4. Cast 1

    Ruth Roman

    Carol

  5. Cast 1

    Minor Watson

    Moose

  6. Cast 1

    Dona Drake

    Jenny

  7. Cast 1

    Regis Toomey

    Sorren

  8. Cast 1

    Sarah Selby

    Mildred

  9. Cast 1

    Ann Doran

    Edith Williams

You don't like life! Beyond the Forest is directed by King Vidor and written by Lenore J. Coffee and Stuart Engstrand. It stars Bette Davis, Joseph Cotton, David Brian, Ruth Roman, Minor Watson and Regis Toomey. Music is by Max Steiner and cinematography by Robert Burks. Resentful of her small-town life, Rosa Moline (Davis), a married woman, schemes to run off with a rich businessman - and she will do anything to achieve her goals... Whilst not being on the same divisive page as something like Johnny Guitar, King Vidor's picture treads the same pathway to claims of camp and feverish s...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$1,589,000.00

Revenue $1,738,000.00

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