
Casino(1995)
In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.


“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.

Barbara Hershey
Boxcar Bertha

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

Harry Northup
Harvey Hall
Joe Reynolds
Joe Cox
Marianne Dole
Mrs. Mailler
Boxcar Bertha is a crime, drama film released in 1972 exploring themes of depression, based on novel or book, labor organizer. Directed by Martin Scorsese, it stars Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus. "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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