Boxcar Bertha

Boxcar Bertha (1972)

Timing: 1:28 (88 min)

5.859/10
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Actors and characters

Release date

1972-06-14

Country

United States

Production

American International Pictures

Genre

Crime, Drama

Budget

$600 000

Revenue

$0

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Director

Martin Scorsese

Actors

Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, Bernie Casey, John Carradine, Victor Argo, David Osterhout, Harry Northup, Joe Reynolds, Marianne Dole
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Scenario

Producer

Roger Corman, Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson

Operator

John M. Stephens

Composer

Thad Maxwell

Artist

Audition

Editing

Martin Scorsese, Buzz Feitshans
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• Roger Corman’s wife, Julie Corman, secured the rights to adapt the true story. But she and Berta Thompson never met in person. Negotiations were conducted through the door of a hotel room.
• During filming, Barbara Hershey and David Carradine were genuinely involved in a romantic relationship. The intimate scenes were not staged. On October 6, 1972, a son, Tom Carradine, was born from this union.
• In the scene where Berta distracts the guard with a flat tire, the prisoners subdue the warden and finish changing the wheel. When they drive away, it’s visible that the spare tire is no longer on the car. But at the end of the chase that immediately follows, the spare tire is back on the vehicle.