Barbara Hershey
Boxcar Bertha
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Jun 14, 1972 · Boxcar Bertha: Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, Bernie Casey. During the Great Depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad.
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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Martin Scorsese
- 1972-06-14
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. 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]
Director Martin Scorsese's crime drama Boxcar Bertha (1972) is a pretty decent movie all around considering I've always heard it was his worst film by far.
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- Martin Scorsese
- R
- Barbara Hershey
Director Martin Scorsese has gone for mood and atmosphere more than for action, and his violence is always blunt and unpleasant -- never liberating and exhilarating, as the New Violence is supposed to be. We get the feeling we're inhabiting the dark night of a soul. The character of Bertha is developing along unexpected lines, too.
1h 28m 1972. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A union leader enlists his girlfriend in a plot to get back at the railroad's evil management. Cast & Crew. Read More. Martin Scorsese. Director. Barbara Hershey. Boxcar Betha [Thompson] David Carradine. Big Bill Shelly.
- Martin Scorsese, Paul Rapp, Russ Vreeland
- Barbara Hershey
Boxcar Bertha (1972) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Martin Scorsese. Director. Joyce Hooper Corrington. Screenplay. John William 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.
