Boxcar Bertha (1972)

Directed by

Martin Scorsese

Genre

drama film, action film, crime film, romance film, crime drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

R

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 248 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Great Depression, a young woman named Bertha falls in with a group of outlaws and labor activists. She joins them in a life of train hopping, crime, and romance on the run.

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What happens

Boxcar Bertha is a 1972 American romantic crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and produced by Roger Corman, from a screenplay by Joyce H. Corrington and John William Corrington. Made on a low budget, the film is a loose adaptation of Sister of the Road, a pseudo-autobiographical account of the fictional character Bertha Thompson. It was Scorsese's second feature film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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