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Bertha (Barbara Hershey) joins union organizer "Big" Bill Shelly (David Carradine) in fighting anti-union forces after an unexpected murder drives them to a life of robbing trains. The atmospheric ...
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Boxcar Bertha. An orphaned farm girl (Barbara Hershey) finds romance and adventure fighting the railroad with union organizer Big Bill Shelley (David Carradine). Martin Scorsese ("Taxi Driver") directs this explosive story of America in the 1930s. 232 IMDb 6.0 1 h 28 min 1972. X-Ray R. Drama · Romance · Atmospheric · Cerebral. Freevee (with ads)
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.
Boxcar Bertha. Available on Pluto TV, Prime Video, Tubi TV, Amazon Freevee. A young woman and her union organizer boyfriend, dodging anti-union forces in Depression era Kansas, are forced into a life of train robbery. Crime 1972 1 hr 28 min. 54%.
Aug 9, 2023 · Boxcar Bertha (1972) was the second exploitation film shot in Arkansas by B-movie director Roger Corman. The first was Bloody Mama (1970), and both were set in the 1930s. Corman chose Arkansas because many rural areas in the state could still pass for the Depression-era South. Interiors and street scenes for Bertha were shot around Camden ...
Synopsis. Life made her an outcast. Love made her an outlaw. “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. Remove Ads.
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!
