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.
- (10K)
- Martin Scorsese
- R
- Crime, Drama, Romance
Hershey once said that starring in Boxcar Bertha (1972) "was the most fun I ever had on a movie." [19] The film, co-starring Hershey's domestic partner, David Carradine, and produced by Roger Corman , was Martin Scorsese 's first Hollywood picture.
Box office. $1.1 million [1] 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 ...
- $600,000
- Roger Corman
- Gib Guilbeau, Thad Maxwell
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 ...
- (24)
- Martin Scorsese
- R
- Barbara Hershey
Boxcar Bertha (1972) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Bring You A Star The prologue from Martin Scorsese's Roger Corman quickie, Barbara Hershey (title character) gazing skyward at her crop-dusting dad, with mechanic Von (Bernie Casey), Big Bill (David Carradine) working nearby, opening Boxcar Bertha, 1972.
- Martin Scorsese, Paul Rapp, Russ Vreeland
- Barbara Hershey
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Boxcar Bertha : Bill, I wanna thank you. You're a real straight shooter. 'Big' Bill Shelly : Hey, whoa, honey, I'm not that straight shooter. Boxcar Bertha : Huh? 'Big' Bill Shelly : I mean, you ain't even seen me shoot. Boxcar Bertha : Huh? 'Big' Bill Shelly : I'll at least light a fire for you.
Ben L. Reitman. "Boxcar Bertha" is a weirdly interesting movie and not really the sleazy exploitation film the ads promise. It finds its inspiration in the exploits of Boxcar Bertha Thompson, an outlaw folk hero who operated in Arkansas during the Depression. I am not sure whether she was called "Boxcar" because of the way she was built or ...
