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Boxcar Bertha

Life made her an outcast. Love made her an outlaw.

5.8/ 1019721h 29mR

CrimeDrama

"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.

Directed by Martin Scorsese

Visual gallery

Behind the frames

8 stills

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Barbara Hershey

Barbara Hershey

Boxcar Bertha

David Carradine

David Carradine

Big Bill Shelly

Barry Primus

Barry Primus

Rake Brown

Bernie Casey

Bernie Casey

Von Morton

John Carradine

John Carradine

H. Buckram Sartoris

Victor Argo

Victor Argo

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David Osterhout

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Harry Northup

Harry Northup

Harvey Hall