

1972 · 1h 29m · Movie
Life made her an outcast. Love made her an outlaw.
"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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In theaters: June 14, 1972
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