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Director:
Writers:
Ben L. Reitman (book)
Joyce Hooper Corrington (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
14 June 1972 (USA) more
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Life made her an outcast. Love made her an outlaw. more
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During the depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Barbara Hershey ... 'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson

David Carradine ... 'Big' Bill Shelly
Barry Primus ... Rake Brown
Bernie Casey ... Von Morton
John Carradine ... H. Buckram Sartoris
Victor Argo ... McIver #1
David Osterhout ... McIver #2 (as David R. Osterhout)
Grahame Pratt ... Emeric Pressburger
'Chicken' Holleman ... M. Powell

Harry Northup ... Deputy Sheriff Harvey Hall (as Harry Northrup)
Ann Morell ... Tillie Parr
Marianne Dole ... Mrs. Mailler
Joe Reynolds ... Joe Cox
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Runtime:
92 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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According to both David Carradine and Barbara Hershey, their sex scene was not faked. more
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Anachronisms: The currency shown in the film is all modern, post 1960s, with modern banking money bands. more
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'Big' Bill Shelly: Hey, Bertha! more
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Referenced in Making 'Taxi Driver' (1999) (V) more

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Marty's arty party, 13 December 2000

Scorsese refers to this 1972 Roger Corman quickie--he shot it in the deep South in twenty-one days--as his "exploitation picture." Funny, that--if it came out today, it'd be the height of the Arty Independent Film. Barbara Hershey and David Carradine are this movie's knockoff of Bonnie and Clyde; the script ain't much, but Scorsese storyboarded every shot and hoo doggie! This guy was the greatest shotmaker ever, even when he was on Skid Row. Rent it for Hershey's lyrical style and the chance to discern the fetus of a genius.

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