Boxcar Bertha
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.
| Director: | Martin Scorsese |
| Producer(s): | Roger Corman |
| Cast: | Harry Northup, David Carradine, Barry Primus, Barbara Hershey, Victor Argo, Bernie Casey, Martin Scorsese, John Carradine |
| Writer(s): | Joyce Hooper Corrington, John William Corrington |
