Boxcar Bertha

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

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Drama
Crime

Overview

"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.

Keywords

based on novel or book
depression
labor organizer

Details

Status: Released
Release date: June 14, 1972
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: American International Pictures
Cast: Barbara Hershey,David Carradine,Barry Primus,Bernie Casey,John Carradine,Victor Argo,David Osterhout,Harry Northup,Joe Reynolds,Marianne Doleand 5 more
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer: Joyce Hooper Corrington,John William Corrington,Ben L. Reitman
Producer: Roger Corman,Samuel Z. Arkoff,James H. Nicholson
Cinematography: John M. Stephens
Music: Thad Maxwell,Gib Guilbeau
Budget: $600,000
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0068309