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Boxcar Bertha

5.819721h 29m18MovieCrimeDrama

"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.

DirectorMartin Scorsese
WritersJoyce Hooper Corrington·John William Corrington
ProducersRoger Corman·Samuel Z. Arkoff

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Cast · Directed by Martin Scorsese

BHBarbara Hershey
Barbara Hershey
Boxcar Bertha
DCDavid Carradine
David Carradine
Big Bill Shelly
BPBarry Primus
Barry Primus
Rake Brown
BCBernie Casey
Bernie Casey
Von Morton
JCJohn Carradine
John Carradine
H. Buckram Sartoris
VAVictor Argo
Victor Argo
McIver #1
DO
David Osterhout
McIver #2
HNHarry Northup
Harry Northup
Harvey Hall
JR
Joe Reynolds
Joe Cox
MD
Marianne Dole
Mrs. Mailler
AM
Ann Morell
Tillie Parr
MSMartin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
Brothel Client (uncredited)

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