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Boxcar Bertha

Life made her an outcast. Love made her an outlaw.

1972 · 1h 28m · R Crime, Drama
Directed by Martin Scorsese

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Overview

"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.

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54%
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Rotten

The Roger Corman production, shot on an austere budget in Arkansas area, is routinely directed by Martin Scorsese.

Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh

While there is a striking similarity [to Bonnie and Clyde] in general content, background, fine color photography and even the use of hillbilly music, the new, more modest film stands curiously on its own.

Howard Thompson, New York Times
Fresh

Scorsese remains one of the bright young hopes of American movies.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten

'Promising juvenilia' is about the most one can say for it.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

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