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Boxcar Bertha (1972) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 19, 2002
Budget $600,000
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 32 minutes
Country USA
Studio American International Pictures
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Other Titles
• Boxcar Bertha
• Die Faust der Rebellen (1972)
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Genre: Drama, Experimental, True Story, On The Road, Suspense
Tagline: America in the 30's was a Free Country. Bertha was jes' a little bit free'er than most.
Plot: Martin Scorsese teams up with legendary producer Roger Corman to create BOXCAR BERTHA, a rollicking period drama that features a standout performance from Barbara Hershey. Hershey is "Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a depression-era woman who loses her father in an airplane accident. Joining up with controversial union leader Big Bill Shelley (David Carradine), Bertha is forced into a life on the run when a group of conservative witch hunters target Shelley as a communist. Along the way, Shelley and Bertha fall into a life of underground crime, steal from railroad bosses, and break out of jail. Their run comes to a crashing halt when the extremely powerful railroad company catches up with Shelley and exacts a nasty revenge. Based on the book SISTER OF THE ROAD by "Boxcar" Bertha Thompson and Ben L. Reitman, Scorsese’s film is an extremely entertaining ride through one of the most important eras in American history. His surehanded direction proves that he has the ability to tell traditional formula pictures, although his desire to create a new cinematic realism would surface the following year with MEAN STREETS. In the title role, Hershey is passionate, hilarious, and sincere, providing BOXCAR BERTHA with a heart and energy that keeps it truly refreshing.
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Barbara Hershey
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