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Boxcar Bertha

Movie (1972)

Based on "Sister of the Road," the fictionalized autobiography of radical and transient Bertha Thompson as written by physician Dr. Ben L. Reitman, 'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson, a woman labor organizer in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30's meets up with rabble-rousing union man 'Big' Bill Shelly and they team up to fight the corrupt railroad ...

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Released:	Mar 10th, 1972
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Boxcar Bertha Main Cast

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Barbara Hershey
plays 'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson

David Carradine
plays 'Big' Bill Shelly

Barry Primus
plays Rake Brown

Bernie Casey
plays Von Morton

John Carradine
plays H. Buckram Sartoris

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Movie Trivia/Goofs

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Martin Scorsese personally drew about 500 storyboards for this film
Movie Goof (audio/visual unsynchronized): At the beginning of the film, when the biplane lands on the grassy field, the sound of airplane wheels landing on a cement runway is clearly heard.
Movie Goof (anachronisms): The currency shown in the film is all modern, post 1960s, with modern banking money bands.
Schedule for the movie was 24 days (according to director Martin Scorsese's commentary for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore).

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