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
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00:00:04 (harmonica blues music)
00:06:24 Me and the bosses never did seem to get along.
00:08:42 Huh?
00:13:44 - Do it again? - Do it again.
00:16:14 No.
00:18:32 Not Shetley. Shelly.
00:21:32 (shouting and gunfire)
00:24:46 It's a goddamn setup.
00:27:39 That's Big Bill Shelly. Notorious Bolshevik. We drug him in last evening.
00:31:52 - Where you going, little lady? - To Africa.
00:35:35 - Buy? - Ah...
00:39:07 You done all right with the engine, but where's the rest of the train?
00:41:31 - I guess that's one way of looking at it. - Shut up.
00:44:09 What's it look like I'm doing? I'm feedin' it.
00:46:57 Well, let's don't stop now. Let's just keep going, huh?
00:49:54 Of course. What about the other one, Brown? What about him?
00:53:17 - Trouble? - No, ain't no trouble.
00:55:40 - I think I left it on my desk after... - Henry, you have it.
00:57:42 - (Shelly) That's real pretty, honey. - Can't stick it in.
01:00:14 Drop it, Billy boy. Don't make me do what I want to do.
01:05:24 You won't need to warn her. She'll be around, if she's around.
01:09:11 I see. Did you go to church much as a child?
01:13:17 - He's out? - Yeah.
01:17:21 You don't have to rush it.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed757
Dialogue density8.6 lines / min
First line00:00:04
Final line01:17:21
Production Record
DirectorMartin Scorsese
LanguageEnglish
Budget$600,000
IMDb votes11,564