1949 1h 37m King Vidor

Beyond the Forest

Name: Beyond the Forest
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Romance
Released: 1949
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, Ruth Roman

★ 6.8 IMDb

Drama Mystery & Thriller Romance

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.

Writer Lenore J. Coffee

Cast Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, Ruth Roman

DP Robert Burks

Music Max Steiner

Essays and Criticism

On this film

Looking Back, Seeing Through By Anisoara Dumitrescu by Anisoara Dumitrescu, FIPRESCI

On King Vidor

King Vidor by an American, FIPRESCI

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