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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Cast

Barbara Hershey

Boxcar Bertha

David Carradine

Big Bill Shelly

Barry Primus

Rake Brown

Bernie Casey

Von Morton

John Carradine

H. Buckram Sartoris

Victor Argo

McIver #1

Harry Northup

Harvey Hall

Martin Scorsese

Brothel Client (uncredited)