Based on "Sister of the Road," the fictionalized autobiography of radical and transient Bertha Thompson as written by physician Dr. Ben L. Reitman, 'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson, a woman labor organizer in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30's meets up with rabble-rousing union man 'Big' Bill Shelly and they team up to fight the corrupt railroad establishment and she is eventually sucked into a life of crime with him.... (Full plot summary below)
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Based on "Sister of the Road," the fictionalized autobiography of radical and transient Bertha Thompson as written by physician Dr. Ben L. Reitman, 'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson, a woman labor organizer in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30's meets up with rabble-rousing union man 'Big' Bill Shelly and they team up to fight the corrupt railroad establishment and she is eventually sucked into a life of crime with him.
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| VarietyVariety StaffThe Roger Corman production, shot on an austere budget in Arkansas area, is routinely directed by Martin Scorsese. |
| eCinemaCenter.comGabe LeibowitzScorsese at his most droll and uninspired. |
| Movie ViewsRyan CracknellPart exploitation movie, part visionary cinema, Boxcar Bertha is caught somewhere in between both. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertBoxcar Bertha is a weirdly interesting movie and not really the sleazy exploitation film the ads promise. |
| Chicago ReaderDave Kehr'Promising juvenilia' is about the most one can say for it. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullBertha is fundamentally just a Bonnie ripoff. |
| Seanax.comSean Axmaker[Martin] Scorsese was anxious to show his chops on a real Hollywood feature and does so admirably (if impersonally) with rough-and-ready style on a mix of true story and exploitation drama. |
| New York TimesHoward ThompsonThe thoughtful, ironic script by Joyce H. Corrington and John William Corrington thins only toward the middle and the whole thing has been beautifully directed by Mar tin Scorsese, who really comes into his own here. |
| Film Freak CentralBill ChambersAlthough a Martin Scorsese retrospective could easily survive its absence, Boxcar Bertha is a cornerstone of the director's filmography |
| Kansas City KansanSteve CrumEarly Scorcese starring hippie Hershey; earthy |
