Beyond the Forest

Oct 21, 1949

1h 37m

★ 6.7

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.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Beyond the Forest Trailers

Cast

Rosa Moline

Bette Davis

Doctor Louis Moline

Joseph Cotten

Neil Latimer

David Brian

Carol

Ruth Roman

Moose

Minor Watson

Jenny

Dona Drake

Sorren

Regis Toomey

Mildred

Sarah Selby

Edith Williams

Ann Doran

Secretary

Bess Flowers

Townsman with Glasses

Creighton Hale

Townswoman

Dorothy Vernon

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5.1

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5.3

Fear in the Night

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6.5

The File on Thelma Jordon

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6.0

Nightmare

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6.9

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5.0

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7.0

The Mask of Dimitrios

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6.6

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6.7

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6.6

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7.0

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6.8

Obsession

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5.9

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5.9

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5.5

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5.6

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6.1

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5.4

Dial 1119

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