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Boxcar Bertha is a american film of genre Drama directed by Martin Scorsese released in USA on 14 june 1972 with Barbara Hershey
Boxcar Bertha (1972)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 14 june 1972
Length 1h28
Directed by Martin Scorsese
OriginUSA
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Rail transport films, Political films, Road movies, Gangster films
Rating59%
Boxcar Bertha is a 1972 American film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a loose adaptation of Sister of the Road, a pseudo-autobiographical account of the fictional character Bertha Thompson, written by Ben L. Reitman. It was Scorsese's second film.
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The story of Bertha Thompson (played by Barbara Hershey) and "Big" Bill Shelly (played by David Carradine), two train robbers and lovers who are caught up in the plight of railroad workers in the American South. When Bertha is implicated in the murder of a wealthy gambler, the pair become fugitives.Actors
Barbara Hershey
(Boxcar Bertha)
David Carradine
(Big Bill Shelly)
Barry Primus
(Rake Brown)
John Carradine
(H. Buckram Sartoris)
Bernie Casey
(Von Morton)
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