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Boxcar Bertha

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Boxcar Bertha

Life made her an outcast. Love made her an outlaw.

5.8

1h 28m

1972

“Life made her an outcast. Love made her an outlaw.”

Synopsis

"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.

Director

Martin Scorsese

Trailer

CrimeDrama

depressionbased on novel or booklabor organizer

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Cast & Crew

Barbara Hershey

Barbara Hershey

as Boxcar Bertha

David Carradine

David Carradine

as Big Bill Shelly

Barry Primus

Barry Primus

as Rake Brown

Bernie Casey

Bernie Casey

as Von Morton

John Carradine

John Carradine

as H. Buckram Sartoris

Victor Argo

Victor Argo

as McIver #1

David Osterhout

as McIver #2

Harry Northup

Harry Northup

as Harvey Hall

Joe Reynolds

as Joe Cox

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