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Beyond the Forest is a 1949 American film noir directed by King Vidor, and featuring Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, and Ruth Roman. The screenplay is written by Lenore Coffee based on a novel by Stuart Engstrand. The film marks Davis's last appearance as a contract actress for Warner, after eighteen years with the studio.
- $1,589,000
- Henry Blanke
A bored housewife tries to escape her small town and her husband for a rich lover, but faces danger and betrayal. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this film.
- (2.7K)
- Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
- King Vidor
- 1949-10-21
Beyond the Forest (1949) - Turner Classic Movies. Brief Synopsis. The wife of a Wisconsin doctor kills a witness to her affair with an influential man from Chicago. Cast & Crew. Read More. King Vidor. Director. Bette Davis. Rosa Moline. Joseph Cotten. Dr. Lewis Moline. David Brian. Neil Latimer. Ruth Roman. Carol [Lawson] Minor Watson.
- King Vidor, Al Alleborn, Oren Haglund
- Bette Davis
Beyond the Forest (1949) is a vicious bored housewife rural murder film noir starring Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian and Ruth Roman as lumber town citizens wrapped up in more iniquity than should be tolerable within such an idyll. Bette Davis vamps up as the housewife who just wants more.
Beyond the Forest. The wife (Bette Davis) of a Wisconsin doctor (Joseph Cotten) kills a witness to her affair with an influential man (David Brian) from Chicago.
- (18)
- King Vidor
- Drama
- Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian
Beyond the Forest (1949) is a melodramatic, far-fetched high-camp classic and also a fine example of film noir from director King Vidor, with an impressive bombastic, Oscar-nominated musical score by Max Steiner - the film's sole Academy Award nod.
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