"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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Movie1972·89 min
Boxcar Bertha
Directed by Martin Scorsese
A crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 89%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
5.8/10
262 ratings
About Boxcar Bertha
- Pacing
- Brisk (6 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Approachable (4 of 9)
- Humor
- Light-touch (4 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Heartfelt (7 of 9)
- Texture
- Gritty, Stylized
- Story Tags
- freedom rebellion, corruption power, social injustice, early 1900s, historical event, action combat, american regional, romantic partners, anti hero, outsider misfit, revenge quest, rise and fall, organized crime
