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Boxcar Bertha

19725.9 / 1088 min

Crime, Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

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)

Jerry Cortez

Sheriff (uncredited)

Louie Elias

Boxcar Tough (uncredited)

Gayne Rescher

Brothel Client (uncredited)

Crew

Joyce Hooper Corrington

Screenplay

Martin Scorsese

Director

John William Corrington

Screenplay

Roger Corman

Producer

Samuel Z. Arkoff

Executive Producer

Donald F. Johnson

Sound Mixer

Jack English

Assistant Editor

John Murray

Key Grip

Samuel Z. Arkoff

Presenter

William H. Burton Sr.

Stunt Coordinator

Alex Touyarot

Assistant Camera

George Trirogoff

Assistant Editor

Salvatore Billitteri

Post Production Supervisor

James H. Nicholson

Executive Producer

Paul Rapp

Executive In Charge Of Production

Russell Vreeland

Second Assistant Director

James H. Nicholson

Presenter

Julian F. Myers

Unit Publicist

Robert Modes

Costume Supervisor

Fred J. Brown

Sound Editor

Ross Taylor

Sound Editor

David Sheldon

Production Executive

Harvey Jacobson

Location Coordinator

David Nichols

Other

Roger Sword

Sound Editor

Walter Starkey

Property Master

Peter Fain

Other

Julie Corman

Associate Producer

Paul M. Pollard

Assistant Camera

John M. Stephens

Director of Photography

Thad Maxwell

Original Music Composer

Buzz Feitshans

Editor

Bobbie Sierks

Script Supervisor

Ben L. Reitman

Book

Paul Rapp

Assistant Director

Larry Gilhooly

Gaffer

Gib Guilbeau

Original Music Composer

Martin Scorsese

Editor

Herb Cohen

Music Producer