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Produced by Roger Corman and loosely based on Ben Reitman’s Sister of the Road, Martin Scorsese’s Boxcar Bertha (1972) is his take on a traditional Western. There are bandits and brothels, but there are also Yankees and biblical metaphors. It traffics in a loose genre that I’d call ‘70s-does-30s, alongside films like The Sting (1973) and The Last Tycoon (1976). Like the interwar period ...
A would-be Roger Corman/AIP exploitation film, Boxcar Bertha (1972) takes on additional layers of meaning thanks to its youthful director, the just-then-emerging Martin Scorsese. Barbara Hershey and David Carradine star as a pair of doomed lovers in the Depression-era American South, turning to train robbery and life on the run.
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Boxcar Bertha : Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. Rake Brown : Hey, who is that? Hey, what is this? Boxcar Bertha : [Cradled in Bill's arms] This is Bill. I've known him awhile. Rake Brown : Well, you've known me awhile, too, Toots. Boxcar Bertha : It's not the same.
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Boxcar Bertha, based on the true story of "Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, features a dynamic young cast. Set in the Great Depression, this move shows, if somewhat romanticized, life of the southern railroad unionizer and an young orphan girl who fall in love. And how the unionizer and the girl, along with two other cronies turn to petty crime to survive.
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"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 ...
Jan 12, 2024 · Boxcar Bertha is a 1972 American romantic crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and produced by Roger Corman, from a screenplay by Joyce H. Corrington and John William Corrington. [2] Made on a low budget, the film is a loose adaptation of Sister of the Road , a pseudo-autobiographical account of the fictional character Bertha Thompson. [3]
