
Feature film — 1972
Boxcar Bertha (1972)
"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.
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A high-signal pick with 265 votes.
American International Pictures
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Director: Martin Scorsese
On screen
Cast & crew

Barbara Hershey
Boxcar Bertha

David Carradine
Big Bill Shelly

Barry Primus
Rake Brown

Bernie Casey
Von Morton

John Carradine
H. Buckram Sartoris

Victor Argo
McIver #1
David Osterhout
McIver #2

Harry Northup
Harvey Hall
Joe Reynolds
Joe Cox
Marianne Dole
Mrs. Mailler
Ann Morell
Tillie Parr

Martin Scorsese
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