The read
Every source lands within 4 points of the others. Most of the 377 1970s crime movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
"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.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes57%
Metacritic61/100
257 audience votes
Key crew
- Martin ScorseseDirector
- Joyce Hooper CorringtonScreenplay
- John William CorringtonScreenplay
- Thad MaxwellOriginal Music Composer
- Gib GuilbeauOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Barbara HersheyBoxcar Bertha
- David CarradineBig Bill Shelly
- Barry PrimusRake Brown
- Bernie CaseyVon Morton
- John CarradineH. Buckram Sartoris
- Victor ArgoMcIver #1
- David OsterhoutMcIver #2
- Harry NorthupHarvey Hall
- Joe ReynoldsJoe Cox
- Marianne DoleMrs. Mailler
- Ann MorellTillie Parr
- Martin ScorseseBrothel Client (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
depressionbased on novel or booklabor organizer