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Boxcar Bertha

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1972-06-14

Runtime: 88 mins

Director: Martin Scorsese

Spoken language: English

Genres: Crime, Drama

Original title: Boxcar Bertha

Production Companies: American International Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

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