Boxcar Bertha
Life made her an outcast. Love made her an outlaw.
"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.
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
11 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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"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.
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Box Office & Release
- Budget
- $600,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
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- Release date
- Jun 14, 1972
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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