Beyond the Forest (1949)
Director:
King Vidor
Tagline:
« What a dump! »
Actors:
Rosa Moline
Doctor Lewis Moline
Neil Latimer
Carol Lawson
Moose Lawson
Rating:
(2’933 votes)
(2’933 votes)
Quotes:
« Rosa Moline: What a dump!
»
« Rosa Moline: If I don't get out of here I'll die. If I don't get out of here I hope I die and burn.
»
« Jenny: You want that Chicken a la King business served on toast?
»
« Rosa Moline: Well I showed you the picture in the magazine, didn't I?
»
« Jenny: How could I tell if there was toast under all that goo?
»
Runtime:97 minutes
Plots:
Resentful of her small-town life, a married woman schemes to run off with a rich businessman.
Rosa Moline is bored with life in a small town. She loves Chicago industrialist Neil Latimer who has a hunting lodge nearby. Rosa squeezes her husband’s patients to pay their bills so she can visit Chicago; her husband’s patience is also tried: he tells her to go and never come back. Once there, Neil tells her he doesn’t want her. Back home and pregnant, Neil shows up and now wants her. The caretaker at Neil’s lodge threatens to reveal her pregnancy…
