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Boxcar Bertha
Life made her an outcast. Love made her an outlaw.
Life made her an outcast. Love made her an outlaw.
Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller - 1972
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'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,” the 1937 pseudo-autobiography of fictional character Bertha Thompson, written by anarchist physician Dr. Ben L. Reitman.
Director:
,
Martin Scorsese
Cast:
,
David Carradine
,
Victor Argo
,
John Carradine
,
Barbara Hershey
,
Bernie Casey
,
Barry Primus
,
Harry Northup
,
David Osterhout
,
Joe Reynolds

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Rated:
R
Runtime:
88 min
Release date:
14 Jun 1972
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$600,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 nomination

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
The Roger Corman production, shot on an austere budget in Arkansas area, is routinely directed by Martin Scorsese.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
31 Mar 2008
fresh:
While there is a striking similarity [to Bonnie and Clyde] in general content, background, fine color photography and even the use of hillbilly music, the new, more modest film stands curiously on its own.
– Howard Thompson,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
fresh:
Scorsese remains one of the bright young hopes of American movies.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
rotten:
'Promising juvenilia' is about the most one can say for it.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
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