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        Boxcar Bertha
        5.9
        (214 votes)

        Boxcar Bertha

        1972
        Crime
        Drama
        1 hr 28 min

        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.

        Creators

        Director
        Martin Scorsese
        Screenplay
        John William Corrington
        Screenplay
        Joyce Hooper Corrington
        Boxcar Bertha

        Cast

        Full Cast
        Barbara Hershey
        Barbara Hershey
        Boxcar Bertha
        David Carradine
        David Carradine
        Big Bill Shelly
        Barry Primus
        Barry Primus
        Rake Brown
        Bernie Casey
        Bernie Casey
        Von Morton
        John Carradine
        John Carradine
        H. Buckram Sartoris
        Victor Argo
        Victor Argo
        McIver #1
        David Osterhout
        McIver #2
        Harry Northup
        Harry Northup
        Harvey Hall
        Joe Reynolds
        Joe Cox
        Marianne Dole
        Mrs. Mailler
        Ann Morell
        Tillie Parr
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        Movie Details

        Status
        Released (14/06/1972)
        Original language
        English
        Budget
        $600,000
        Country
        Production company
        😔Depression
        📖Based on novel / book
        Labor organizer
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