BOXCAR BERTHA

Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, Bernie Casey

MGM/UA; Directed by Martin Scorsese

Rated R; 92 minutes; 1972

Bertha is left on her own after her father dies in a aeroplane accident, and links up with controversial leader of the union, Big Bill Shelley, in depression-era America. On the run from McCarthy-ite witch-hunters who think Shelley is a 'red', they unwillingly become involved in underground crime, escape from jail, and ride boxcars on freight trains until the all-powerful railroad company catch up with Shelley and take their revenge.