Beyond the Forest

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Beyond the Forest

1949

1h 36m

Drama

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The wife (Bette Davis) of a Wisconsin doctor (Joseph Cotten) kills a witness to her affair with an influential man (David Brian) from Chicago.

Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

07/20/2024

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.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

04/12/2006

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.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

10/16/2004

C+

Bombastic melodrama.

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Daniel M. Kimmel

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

07/08/2004

3/5

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Steve D

04/01/2024

Not as bad as Bettie thought (thanks to her) but not good.

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Thomas M

@TMProofreader 01/27/2019

The best movie quote ever spoken: "What a dump!"

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lanfranco c

@Lanfrancobz 08/26/2018

She is too bad to be real...

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panayiota k

@Penny672 06/06/2015

Did this become a cult only because of that one line? I found it boring. Bette Davis was cool though.

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04/12/2013

Bette Davis kindles trash into an inferno--How to spice up life in a small town!!

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01/27/2013

a true camp classic. bette's performance as one of the most twisted and evil of all femme fatale in filmdom has to be seen to be believed. i can't even say whether or not this a good movie. i only know it's a hugely entertaining one. don't miss it

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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