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"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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Made on a $600K budget
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Based on the novel Sister of the Road
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Filmed in Kansas
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Setting
Set in Arkansas
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Music
Music by Gib Guilbeau
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Cinematography
Cinematography by John M. Stephens
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Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: Joyce Hooper CorringtonScreenplay
John William CorringtonScreenplay
Ben L. ReitmanBook
Status: Released
Release date: June 14, 1972
Original language: English
Budget: $600K
Countries: United States of America

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