Barbara Hershey
Boxcar Bertha
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Boxcar Bertha Thompson, a poor southern girl, is orphaned when her father's crop-dusting airplane crashes. The Great Depression hits, and she soon takes to freighthopping. A few years later, she meets Big Bill Shelly, a union organizer, and they become lovers.
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.
During the Great Depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad. In the 1930's American south, Bertha Thompson decides to live the life of a transient after her crop duster father dies in a crash leaving her alone in the world.
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...
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Feb 12, 2008 · One night, when a cheated customer, an attorney, pulls a gun on them, Bertha is forced to shoot the man in self-defense. Just outside, vengeful locals and the police are beating striking railroad workers and burning their camp, and Rake and Bertha jump on a boxcar with escaping workers.
Boxcar Bertha. "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.
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Boxcar Bertha, directed by Martin Scorsese, is a crime drama set during the Great Depression that follows Bertha Thompson, played by Barbara Hershey. She becomes an outlaw traveling by train and engaging in various criminal activities. David Carradine co-stars as union leader Bill Shelly, whose relationship with Bertha adds complexity to the narrative. The film explores themes of survival and ...
Overview. "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. 56%.
