Boxcar Bertha
1972 · 88 MIN · IMDB 6.0 · 11,564 VOTES · DIR. Martin Scorsese
Overview
"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.
Dialogue Timeline — 757 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:04 (harmonica blues music)
00:06:24 Me and the bosses never did seem to get along.
00:08:44 I'll at least light a fire for you.
00:13:58 - (both) It's all yours. - I'm gonna quit.
00:16:25 Thank you, Rake.
00:18:47 You're pretty.
00:21:58 I told you I don't do this well.
00:25:25 (Rake) I just woke up in this car.
00:28:56 How you gonna like it when I choke your guts out? Huh? How you gonna like that?
00:32:28 Now, close your eyes and open your mouth.
00:36:14 - Son of a bitch. - Who you callin' a son of a bitch?
00:39:47 I was laughing at the spy part. You don't look like no spy to me.
00:42:35 I'll be damned. Shelly. They told me you was dead. They said the sheriff's boys...
00:44:46 Railroad goes on starvin' kids, bustin' heads, makin' money.
00:48:44 Fast.
00:51:05 How could I be tired? I ain't done an honest day's work in months.
00:54:06 So we gotta come up with something.
00:56:34 Folks, may I have your attention? Folks?
00:58:45 You just don't understand.
01:04:07 - Sister, what have you been drinking? - Not a thing.
01:08:18 Oh.
01:10:31 Sure.
01:14:45 You in there?
03:00:00 to the union hall.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed757
Dialogue density8.6 lines / min
First line00:00:04
Final line03:00:00
Production Record
DirectorMartin Scorsese
LanguageEnglish
Budget$600,000
IMDb votes11,564