Beyond the Forest

Nobody's as good as Bette when she's bad!

6.719491h 37mReleased

Drama

Thriller

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1949-10-21

Runtime1h 37m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Budget$1,589,000

Revenue$1,738,000

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Videos

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Trailer

Beyond the Forest 1949 trailer

Cast & Crew

Bette Davis

as Rosa Moline

Joseph Cotten

as Doctor Louis Moline

David Brian

as Neil Latimer

Ruth Roman

as Carol

Minor Watson

as Moose

Dona Drake

as Jenny

Regis Toomey

as Sorren

Sarah Selby

as Mildred

Ann Doran

as Edith Williams

Bess Flowers

as Secretary

Reviews

CONVERT94

Nov 8, 2017

10/10

Who better than Ms. Davis to impersonate herself? This is her last film for Warner Brothers so old Harry gave her the screws with this melodramatic pot-boiler which, as it turn out, is an absolute hoot. A plethora of zingers, one-liners and one of the most famous lines in American cinema ("What a dump"), Bette chews up the scenery in her long hair…

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John Chard

Mar 24, 2019

7/10

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, …

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