Beyond the Forest (1949)
1h 37m
Running Time
October 21, 1949Release Date
Beyond the Forest (1949)
1h 37m
Running Time
October 21, 1949Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Bette Davis
Rosa Moline
Joseph Cotten
Doctor Lewis Moline
David Brian
Neil Latimer
Ruth Roman
Carol Lawson
Minor Watson
Moose Lawson
Dona Drake
Jenny
Regis Toomey
Sorren
Ann Doran
Edith Williams
Sarah Selby
Mildred Sorren
Bess Flowers
Secretary
Joel Allen
Minister
Gail Bonney
Woman
Creighton Hale
Townsman with Glasses
King Vidor
Director
Dorothy Vernon
Townswoman
Lenore J. Coffee
Writer
Judith Wood
Waitress
Stuart Engstrand
Writer
Henry Blanke
Producer
Max Steiner
Composer
Robert Burks
Cinematographer
Rudi Fehr
Editor
Devi Dja
Dancer (uncredited)
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Edith Head
Costume Design
Al Greenway
Makeup Artist
Robert M. Haas
Art Direction
Ruby Felker
Hairstylist
William L. Kuehl
Set Decoration
Al Alleborn
Assistant Director
Charles Lang
Sound
Eugene Richee
Still Photographer
Olan Soule
Frances Charles
James Craven
June Evans
Hal Gerard
Hallene Hill
Mary Servoss
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 21, 1949
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
Budget$1,589,000
Box Office$1,738,000
Filming LocationsChicago, United States of America
Genres
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Wiki.
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. She tried several times to walk away from the film (which only caused the production cost to go through the roof), but Warner refused to release her from their employment contract. She remembered the project as "a terrible movie", and her death scene at the end of the film as "the longest death scene ever seen on the screen".