Boxcar Bertha
1972 · Movie · R · 88 min
★ 6.0(247)unSUB Rating
"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.
Based on Sister of the Road
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Details
- Years
- 1972
- Release date
- 1972-06-14
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating (input)
- 5.8/10 (247 votes)
Themes
- depression
- based on novel or book
- labor organizer
Cast & crew
Barbara Hershey
as Boxcar Bertha
David Carradine
as Big Bill Shelly
Barry Primus
as Rake Brown
Bernie Casey
as Von Morton
John Carradine
as H. Buckram Sartoris
Victor Argo
as McIver #1
- DO
David Osterhout
as McIver #2
Harry Northup
as Harvey Hall
- JR
Joe Reynolds
as Joe Cox
- MD
Marianne Dole
as Mrs. Mailler
Directed by Martin Scorsese