Synopsis
"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.
Key facts
Original language
English
Production companies
American International Pictures
Based on
Sister of the Road
Setting
Arkansas
Filming locations
Kansas
Trailer
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Festival History
- Locarno International Film Festival 2016 generic
- Sundance Film Festival 1985 generic
Titles
| Original title | Boxcar Bertha | |
| Alternate title | Bertha boxcar | |
| Alternate title | Die Faust der Rebellen |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
