Boxcar Bertha

Name: Boxcar Bertha
Genre: Drama, Romance, Crime
Released: June 14, 1972
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 61
Cast: 'Chicken' Holleman, Barbara Hershey, Barry Primus, Bernie Casey, David Carradine

1972

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American International Pictures (AIP) | Release Date: June 14, 1972 | R

Starring: 'Chicken' Holleman, Barbara Hershey, Barry Primus, Bernie Casey, David Carradine, David Osterhout, Grahame Pratt, Harry Northup, John Carradine, Victor Argo

Summary: During the Great Depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad.

Director: Martin Scorsese

Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 88 min

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Howard Thompson

The thoughtful, ironic script by Joyce H. Corrington and John William Corrington thins only toward the middle and the whole thing has been beautifully directed by Mar tin Scorsese, who really comes into his own here. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Superior formula stuff, injected with a rare degree of life by enthusiastic direction that occasionally tries for virtuosity and succeeds, and by a neat performance from Hershey that avoids the yawning traps in the script (built-in sex sequences, the she-loved-her-man theme in general). Read full review

Roger Ebert

Boxcar Bertha is a weirdly interesting movie and not really the sleazy exploitation film the ads promise. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Lots of violence, typical of the Corman exploitation mill, but the film still shows the budding talent of Scorsese in his use of moving-camera and period detail. Read full review

Empire Ian Nathan

For exploitation-enthusiasts and Scorsese completists only. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

It's not done in a way that suggests a fully formed talent—"promising juvenilia" is about the most one can say for it. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Performances are dull. Whatever sociological, political or dramatic motivations may once have existed in the story have been ruthlessly stripped from the plot, leaving all characters bereft of empathy or sympathy. There’s hardly a pretense toward justifying the carnage Read full review

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