Boxcar Bertha

Boxcar Bertha

88 mins | Drama, Crime | June 14, 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.

Boxcar Bertha

88 mins | Drama, Crime | June 14, 1972

Boxcar Bertha
"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.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers American International Pictures
Original title Boxcar Bertha
Directors Russell Vreeland, Bobbie Sierks, Paul Rapp, Martin Scorsese
Writers Ben L. Reitman, Joyce Hooper Corrington, John William Corrington

Cast

Barbara Hershey

as Boxcar Bertha

David Carradine

as Big Bill Shelly

Barry Primus

as Rake Brown

Bernie Casey

as Von Morton

John Carradine

as H. Buckram Sartoris

Victor Argo

as McIver #1

David Osterhout

as McIver #2

Harry Northup

as Harvey Hall

Joe Reynolds

as Joe Cox

Marianne Dole

as Mrs. Mailler

Ann Morell

as Tillie Parr

Martin Scorsese

as Brothel Client (uncredited)

Jerry Cortez

as Sheriff (uncredited)