Boxcar Bertha (1972)

  • R
  • 06/13/1972 (US)
  • Crime, Drama
  • 1h 28m

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

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.

Martin Scorsese

Director

Joyce Hooper Corrington

Screenplay

John William Corrington

Screenplay

Cast

Barbara Hershey's headshot

Barbara Hershey

Boxcar Bertha
David Carradine's headshot

David Carradine

Big Bill Shelly
Barry Primus's headshot

Barry Primus

Rake Brown
Bernie Casey's headshot

Bernie Casey

Von Morton
John Carradine's headshot

John Carradine

H. Buckram Sartoris
Victor Argo's headshot

Victor Argo

McIver #1
David Osterhout's headshot

David Osterhout

McIver #2
Harry Northup's headshot

Harry Northup

Harvey Hall

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