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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.
Theatrical
Jun 14, 1972
Budget
$600K
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 19, 2002
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Thad Maxwell
Studio
American International Pictures
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Cast
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Barbara Hershey
Boxcar Bertha
D
David Carradine
Big Bill Shelly
B
Barry Primus
Rake Brown
B
Bernie Casey
Von Morton
J
John Carradine
H. Buckram Sartoris
V
Victor Argo
McIver #1
D
David Osterhout
McIver #2
H
Harry Northup
Harvey Hall
A
Ann Morell
Tillie Parr
M
Martin Scorsese
Brothel Client (uncredited)
L
Louie Elias
Boxcar Tough (uncredited)
G
Gayne Rescher
Brothel Client (uncredited)
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