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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.
- (10K)
- Martin Scorsese
- R
- Crime, Drama, Romance
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]
- $600,000
- Roger Corman
- Gib Guilbeau, Thad Maxwell
Feb 12, 2008 · Boxcar Bertha (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Thing Called The Depression As the credits finish, wandering Barbara Hershey (title character) finds friend Big Bill (David Carradine) doing some labor organizing, before they escape together, in Martin Scorsese's Boxcar Bertha, 1972.
- Martin Scorsese, Paul Rapp, Russ Vreeland
- Barbara Hershey
Jan 13, 2017. Martin Scorsese's second feature loosely adapts the autobiography of Bertha Thompson, portraying the adventures of the Depression-era criminal following the death of her father ...
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- Martin Scorsese
- R
- Barbara Hershey
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Based on "Sister of the Road," the fictionalized autobiography of radical and transient Bertha Thompson as written by physician Dr. Ben L. Reitman, 'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson, a woman labor organizer in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30's meets up with rabble-rousing union man 'Big' Bill Shelly and they team up to fight the corrupt railroad establishment and she is ...
A film review of Boxcar Bertha, a 1972 movie based on the exploits of an outlaw folk hero who operated in Arkansas during the Depression. The reviewer praises the film's mood, atmosphere, and character development, and compares it to Bonnie and Clyde.
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)