Can't wait for the finished version.....
Boxcar Bertha
Life made her an outcast. Love made her an outlaw.
Rating
1.0 (1)
Release Date
6/14/1972Runtime
88 minsOverview
"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.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$600,000Revenue
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A Depression-era outlaw ballad that traces a marginalized woman's journey from drifter to rebel, driven by both economic desperation and romantic conviction. It's a gritty, street-level view of class struggle told through the eyes of someone with nothing to lose.
Mood
DefiantBittersweetMournful
Themes
ClassLoveFreedomSurvival
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Steady
Look
NaturalisticHandheld
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violence
Barbara Hershey
Boxcar Bertha
David Carradine
Big Bill Shelly
Barry Primus
Rake Brown
Bernie Casey
Von Morton
John Carradine
H. Buckram Sartoris
Victor Argo
McIver #1
David Osterhout
McIver #2
Harry Northup
Harvey Hall
Joe Reynolds
Joe Cox
Marianne Dole
Mrs. Mailler
Ann Morell
Tillie Parr
Martin Scorsese
Brothel Client (uncredited)
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