Boxcar Bertha

June. 14,1972      R
Rating:
6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

"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.

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

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