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Beyond the Forest
UNITED STATES · 1949

Beyond the Forest

King Vidor
infidelity murder social ambition small-town vs. big-city moral corruption
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Synopsis

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.

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