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Beyond the Forest

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.

1h 37m1949TMDb 6.7

DramaThriller

English

Crew and Cast

King VidorKing VidorDirectorBette DavisBette DavisRosa MolineJoseph CottenJoseph CottenDoctor Louis MolineDavid BrianDavid BrianNeil LatimerRuth RomanRuth RomanCarolMinor WatsonMinor WatsonMooseDona DrakeDona DrakeJennyRegis ToomeyRegis ToomeySorrenSarah SelbySarah SelbyMildredAnn DoranAnn DoranEdith WilliamsBess FlowersBess FlowersSecretaryCreighton HaleCreighton HaleTownsman with GlassesDorothy VernonDorothy VernonTownswomanJudith WoodJudith WoodWaitress
Joel AllenGail BonneyGail Bonney
Frances CharlesJames CravenJames Craven
June Evans
Hal Gerard
Bobby Henshaw
Hallene HillCharles JordanCharles JordanJack KenneyJack Kenney
Ralph LittlefieldEve MillerEve Miller
Frank PharrBuddy RooseveltBuddy Roosevelt
Sherman SandersMary ServossMary ServossOlan SouleOlan Soule

Storyline

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.

  • Warner Bros. Pictures

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Info

Status
Released
Released
21 October 1949
Runtime
1h 37m
TMDB score
6.7 / 10 (54 votes)

Production

Director
King Vidor
Writers
Stuart Engstrand, Lenore J. Coffee
Studios
Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries
United States of America

Box Office

Budget
$1.6M
Revenue
$1.7M
Profit
$149,000.0
Return
1.1×

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English