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Beyond the Forest

Play trailer Poster for Beyond the Forest 1949,  1h 36m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 60% 5 Reviews Tomatometer 68% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
60% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 68% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
The wife (Bette Davis) of a Wisconsin doctor (Joseph Cotten) kills a witness to her affair with an influential man (David Brian) from Chicago.

Critics Reviews

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Jul 20, 2024
4/10
Though Davis delivers a fine performance, her role is so one-note – a note of moral bankruptcy – that it’s difficult to follow her for too long without losing interest. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Apr 12, 2006
B
Davis excels as the passionate but stranded housewife who describes her suffocating community as "a two train a day town." The expression What a Dump, which Liz Taylor repeats in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf comes from this Vidor-directed melodrama. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Oct 16, 2004
C+
Bombastic melodrama. Go to Full Review
Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette Jul 8, 2004
3/5
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Audience Reviews

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Jan 27, 2019 The best movie quote ever spoken: "What a dump!"
Harry S Aug 26, 2018 She is too bad to be real...
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Cast & Crew

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King Vidor

Director

Bette Davis

Rosa Moline

Joseph Cotten

Doctor Louis Moline

David Brian

Neil Latimer

Ruth Roman

Carol Lawson

Minor Watson

Moose Lawson

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Beyond the Forest

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Movie Info

Synopsis The wife (Bette Davis) of a Wisconsin doctor (Joseph Cotten) kills a witness to her affair with an influential man (David Brian) from Chicago.
Director
King Vidor
Producer
Henry Blanke
Screenwriter
Lenore J. Coffee
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 21, 1949, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 10, 2018
Runtime
1h 36m
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