Boxcar Bertha poster
Director Martin Scorsese
Screenplay Joyce Hooper Corrington, John William Corrington

Boxcar Bertha

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

Release Date: 1972-06-14

Duration: 88 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Martin Scorsese
    Brothel Client (uncredited)
  • Barbara Hershey
    Boxcar Bertha
  • David Carradine
    Big Bill Shelly
  • John Carradine
    H. Buckram Sartoris
  • Bernie Casey
    Von Morton
  • Barry Primus
    Rake Brown
  • Victor Argo
    McIver #1
  • Harry Northup
    Harvey Hall
  • David Osterhout
    McIver #2
  • Joe Reynolds
    Joe Cox