Boxcar Bertha (1972)
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Genres - Drama, Crime |
Sub-Genres - Road Movie, Crime Thriller, Docudrama |
Release Date - Jun 13, 1972 (USA - Unknown), Jun 14, 1972 (USA) |
Run Time - 97 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Produced by Roger Corman and directed by Martin Scorsese, Boxcar Bertha is a Bonnie and Clyde-like yarn set during the Depression. The title character, played by Barbara Hershey, links up with union organizer David Carradine (Hershey's real-life lover at the time) after the death of her father. Running afoul of anti-union forces, Bertha and Carradine are forced into a life of crime. Whereas Bonnie and Clyde robbed banks, Boxcar Bertha's specialty is trains. A story of this nature can only end in tragedy, and wait until you see Carradine's symbolic demise! For the record, there really was a Boxcar Bertha Thompson, and it is her autobiography, Sister of the Road, that serves as the basis for Joyce and John Corrington's screenplay.
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anti-establishment, crime-spree, Great-Depression, train-robbery, union [labor union]