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Boxcar Bertha
The film follows Bertha Thompson and Bill Shelly, who are two train robbers and lovers. When Bertha gets involved in a murder case during the time in South American, the two have to start their fugitive days.
8 December 1936, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
5 November 1934, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
2 September 1940, Amarillo, Texas, USA
20 November 1944, USA
5 February 1948, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 February 1938, New York City, New York, USA
1 July 1927, Arkansas, USA
5 February 1906, New York City, New York, USA
17 September 1943, USA
8 June 1939, Wyco, West Virginia, USA
May 26, 2006
Scorsese hadn't developed a personal vision yet, but a few moments during the heat of battle reveal a lively, playful camera. Not to mention the on-target performances by Hershey and her co-stars David Carradine, Barry Primus and Bernie Casey.
May 09, 2005
While there is a striking similarity [to Bonnie and Clyde] in general content, background, fine color photography and even the use of hillbilly music, the new, more modest film stands curiously on its own.
March 31, 2008
Lots of violence, typical of the Corman exploitation mill, but the film still shows the budding talent of Scorsese in his use of moving-camera and period detail.
March 18, 2005
...an often interminable experience.
February 22, 2008
Scorsese's second film is one of his weakest, a violent impersonal work that feels like an extension of such rural crime-gangsters features as the exploitation flick Bloody Mama or the arty and better one Bonnie and Clyde.
March 31, 2008
The Roger Corman production, shot on an austere budget in Arkansas area, is routinely directed by Martin Scorsese.
October 23, 2004
Scorsese remains one of the bright young hopes of American movies.
July 29, 2006
Part exploitation movie, part visionary cinema, Boxcar Bertha is caught somewhere in between both.
January 03, 2005
Scorsese at his most droll and uninspired.
January 13, 2017
[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.
February 06, 2005
Although a Martin Scorsese retrospective could easily survive its absence, Boxcar Bertha is a cornerstone of the director's filmography
January 01, 2000
'Promising juvenilia' is about the most one can say for it.
