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Boxcar Bertha

Boxcar Bertha
★ 5.8/10•1972•1h 29m•R•Crime•Drama

Life made her an outcast. Love made her an outlaw.

"Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union man "Big" Bill Shelly and the two team up to fight the corrupt railroad establishment.

Joyce Hooper Corrington · Screenplay

Martin Scorsese · Director

John William Corrington · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 29m
LanguageEN
Release DateJun 14, 1972
Budget$600,000

Actors

Barbara Hershey

Barbara Hershey

Boxcar Bertha

David Carradine

David Carradine

Big Bill Shelly

Barry Primus

Barry Primus

Rake Brown

Bernie Casey

Bernie Casey

Von Morton

John Carradine

John Carradine

H. Buckram Sartoris

Victor Argo

Victor Argo

McIver #1

David Osterhout

McIver #2

Harry Northup

Harry Northup

Harvey Hall

Joe Reynolds

Joe Cox

Marianne Dole

Mrs. Mailler

Ann Morell

Tillie Parr

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

Brothel Client (uncredited)

Jerry Cortez

Sheriff (uncredited)

Louie Elias

Boxcar Tough (uncredited)

Gayne Rescher

Brothel Client (uncredited)

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