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BOXCAR BERTHA

1972 · 01:28:00 · R · Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller

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

About This Film

'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.

The two train robbers and lovers who are caught up in the plight of railroad workers in the American South. When Bertha is implicated in the murder of a wealthy gambler, the pair become fugitives.

Also Known As

Togrøverne fra Arkansas, Берта, по прякор "Товарния вагон"