Boxcar Bertha

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Boxcar Bertha is a 1972 American crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, loosely based on the life of a Depression-era female outlaw who rides the rails and becomes involved in labor struggles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
basedOn Sister of the Road
autobiographical novel by Ben L. Reitman
castMember Barbara Hershey
Barry Primus
Bernie Casey
David Carradine
John Carradine
character Bertha Thompson
Big Bill Shelly
Rake Brown
Von Morton
cinematographer John M. Stephens
countryOfOrigin United States
director Martin Scorsese
distributor American International Pictures
editor Buzz Feitshans
eraDepicted 1930s
filmingLocation Arkansas
follows life of a Depression-era female outlaw
genre crime film
drama film
exploitation film
hasPosterTagline Life made her an outcast. Love made her an outlaw.
hasTheme labor struggles
outlaw life
train hopping
leadActor Barbara Hershey
David Carradine
mpaaRating R
musicBy David Nichtern
Gale Garnett
notableFor early feature film directed by Martin Scorsese
originalLanguage English
plotSummary Follows a young woman riding the rails during the Great Depression who becomes involved with a union organizer and labor struggles.
producer Roger Corman
productionCompany New World Pictures
releaseDate 1972-08-18
releaseYear 1972
runtimeMinutes 88
screenwriter John William Corrington
Joyce Hooper Corrington
setInPeriod Great Depression
setting American South
title Boxcar Bertha

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David Carradine notableWork Boxcar Bertha
Barbara Hershey notableWork Boxcar Bertha
Bernie Casey notableWork Boxcar Bertha
John William Corrington notableWork Boxcar Bertha
Barry Primus notableWork Boxcar Bertha
Boxcar Bertha title Boxcar Bertha
Barbara Lynn Herzstein notableWork Boxcar Bertha