“Nobody's as good as Bette when she's bad!”
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.
King Vidor
Henry Blanke
Lenore J. Coffee
Robert Burks
Max Steiner
Bette Davis
Rosa Moline
Joseph Cotten
Doctor Louis Moline
David Brian
Neil Latimer
Ruth Roman
Carol
Minor Watson
Moose
Dona Drake
Jenny
Regis Toomey
Sorren
Sarah Selby
Mildred
Ann Doran
Edith Williams
Bess Flowers
Secretary
Creighton Hale
Townsman with Glasses
Dorothy Vernon
Townswoman
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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 d...
John Chard
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...
Beyond the Forest 1949 trailer
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BEYOND THE FOREST (King VIDOR, 1949) Bette DAVIS & Joseph COTTEN
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