Beyond The Forest.

A selfish and ruthless woman, bored by her life as the wife of a lumbertown doctor, commits adultery and murder in her vain attempt to attain wealth and excitement in Chicago.

Rosa Moline is the neglected wife of a small-town Wisconsin doctor. She grows bored and becomes infatuated with a visiting Chicago businessman. She extorts money from her husband's patients and uses the cash to flee to Chicago. She returns home and becomes pregnant by her husband. She attempts to abort by throwing herself down a hill, gets peritonitis and dies.

Credits

Cast
Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten

Copyright

Complete catalog record
BEYOND THE FOREST. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1949. 96 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on Stuart Engstrand's novel. Summary: A selfish and ruthless woman, bored by her life as the wife of a lumbertown doctor, commits adultery and murder in her vain attempt to attain wealth and excitement in Chicago. Credits: Producer, Henry Blanke; director. King Vidor; screenplay, Lenore Coffee; music, Max Steiner; orchestral arrangements, Murray Cutter; film editor, Rudi Fehr. Cast: Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, Ruth Roman, Minor Watson. © Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.; 18Nov49; LP2634.

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, copyright
  2. Wikidata · Q1197109 ↗ — country