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18. Original Title: Boxcar Bertha. Martin Scorsese's second film, made under the mantle of Roger Corman's exploitation studio AIP, is a trove of hints rather than a declaration of the genius that ...
Aug 5, 2019 · Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz. Boxcar Bertha, Martin Scorsese’s first studio film for Hollywood, shot on the limited budget of $600,000, is slightly better than its formulaic offering. It comes off as a fair imitation of the recent box office smash Bonnie and Clyde. This impersonal Scorsese project, based on the memoirs of the real Boxcar ...
Oct 30, 2019 · Regardless of her origins, Scorsese’s Bertha takes in much of the wild side of 1930s life. Beautifully played by Barbara Hershey in a performance that captures her progress from naive waif to ...
Martin Scorsese. Director. John William Corrington. Screenplay. Joyce Hooper Corrington. Screenplay. "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.
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! Free-spirited Bertha (Hershey) is a small-time ...
During the Great Depression, Bertha Thompson begins riding the rails and has a series of adventures, some lighthearted and others deadly serious. She gets involved with a less than honest gambler, Rake Brown, having to shoot her way out of a game when Rake is caught cheating. She also has a stint working in a bordello.
Aug 18, 1972 · Fine, too, as their confederates, are Barry Primus and Bernie Casey.The thoughtful, ironic script by Joyce H. Corrington and John William Corrington thins only toward the middle and the whole ...
