- Beyond the Forest
Infobox Film
name = Beyond the Forest
caption = VHS cover
director =King Vidor
producer =Henry Blanke
writer =Stuart D. Engstrand (novel)Lenore J. Coffee
narrator =
starring =Bette Davis Joseph Cotten
music =Max Steiner
cinematography =Robert Burks
editing =Rudi Fehr
distributor =Warner Bros. Pictures
released =21 October , 1949
runtime = 97 min.
country =U.S.A.
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:5285
imdb_id = 0041172"Beyond the Forest" (1949) is a
Warner Brothers "film noir " directed byKing Vidor , produced byHenry Blanke withJack L. Warner as executive producer from ascreenplay byLenore J. Coffee based on a novel byStuart Engstrand . It starsBette Davis ,Joseph Cotten ,David Brian ,Ruth Roman , Minor Watson, Dona Drake, andRegis Toomey .The film contains the line, "What a dump!", spoken by Davis, made famous by being quoted in
Edward Albee 's play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? " (1962). The line is #62 on theAmerican Film Institute 's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.The film marks Davis' last appearance as a contract actress for Warner, after eighteen years with the studio.
Cast
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Bette Davis as Rosa Moline
*Joseph Cotten as Doctor Louis Moline
*David Brian as Neil Latimer
*Ruth Roman as Carol
*Minor Watson as Moose
*Regis Toomey as Sorren
*Dona Drake as Jenny
*Sarah Selby as MildredExternal links
*imdb title|id=0041172|title=Beyond the Forest
*amg title|id=1:5285|title=Beyond the Forest
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