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Boxcar Bertha is a Roger Cormin picture. Boxcar Bertha is a Martin Scorsese picture. What this means is that while it gave Scorsese the opportunity to show flashes of the genius we now know he possessed, he had to do it at the expense (or lack there of) of delivering a Roger Cormin movie. Now I am not knocking Cormin.
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Based on a spellbinding true story, Boxcar Bertha is a "beautifully directed" (The New York Times) tale of railroad renegades and runaway romance. Bristling with searing energy and the raw, "sensual" (Motion Picture Herald) performances of Barbara Hershey and David Carradine, the film delivers a "humor and warmth" (Cue) that's right on track!
Classics. •. 1hr 29 min. •. There are no inadequacies. Set in the Depression-era of the 1930s, a young woman and three men rob trains and plan a kidnapping. The men are caught and the woman becomes a prostitute. Based on "Sister of the Road" by Boxcar Bertha Thomson as told to Ben L. Reitman. Stream Boxcar Bertha free and on-demand with ...
Boxcar Bertha Reviews. Barbara Hershey is a refreshing presence as a woman hopping the rails in Depression-era America. Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 24, 2022. Though not always ...
Violence & Gore. Moderate 12 of 17 found this moderate. This film was made in the Roger Corman violent explotation mode directed by Martin Scorsese. The violence is stylised but bloody and quite brutal in some scenes. There are some moderate fist fights and punch ups throughout which are quite prolonged in some scenes.
Based on a spellbinding true story, Boxcar Bertha is a "beautifully directed" (The New York Times) tale of railroad renegades and runaway romance. Bristling with searing energy and the raw, "sensual" (Motion Picture Herald) performances of Barbara Hershey and David Carradine, the film delivers a "humor and warmth" (Cue) that's right on track!
Martin Scorsese's second feature loosely adapts the autobiography of Bertha Thompson, portraying the adventures of the Depression-era criminal following the ...
