Boxcar Bertha
Life made her an outcast. Love made her an outlaw.
A Depression-era crime drama about two outsiders—a drifter and a union organizer—who bond through romance and rebellion against institutional corruption.
"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.
Essence
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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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