Rating: R
Genre: Crime
Release Date: 03/19/2002
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: 5.1/1
Run Time: 88 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: MGM

Produced by Roger Corman and directed by Martin Scorsese, Boxcar Bertha is a Bonnie and Clyde-like yarn set during the Depression. The title character, played by Barbara Hershey, links up with union organizer David Carradine (Hershey's real-life lover at the time) after the death of her father. Running afoul of anti-union forces, Bertha and Carradine are forced into a life of crime. Whereas Bonnie and Clyde robbed banks, Boxcar Bertha's specialty is trains. A story of this nature can only end in tragedy, and wait until you see Carradine's symbolic demise! For the record, there really was a Boxcar Bertha Thompson, and it is her autobiography, Sister of the Road, that serves as the basis for Joyce and John Corrington's screenplay.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Barbara Hershey - Bertha
David Carradine - Bill Shelley
Barry Primus - Rake Brown
Bernie Casey - Von Morton
John Carradine - H. Buckram Sartoris

Production:
Martin Scorsese - Director
Julie Corman Roger Corman - Producer
Gib Guilbeau Thad Maxwell - Composer
Buzz Feitshans Barbara Pokras - Editor
John William Corrington Joyce Hooper Corrington - Screen Writer
John M. Stephens - Cinematographer
Bob Modes - Costume Designer
Paul Rapp - First Assistant Director
David C. Nichols - Production Designer
Don F. Johnson - Sound/Sound Designer
Ryder Sound Services Inc. - Sound/Sound Designer
Boxcar Bertha Thompson - Book Author

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