Beyond the Forest

Beyond the Forest

Nobody's as good as Bette when she's bad!

1949 · 97 min · ★ 6.7 · Drama, Thriller

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.

Directed by King Vidor · Written by Lenore J. Coffee

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