Saturday, 24 May 2025

Boxcar Bertha (1972 Martin Scorsese)

A surprisingly clumsily made film produced by Roger Corman for AIP, a sort of sequel to Bloody Mama. The female protagonist is a young Barbara Hershey who falls in with union organizer David Carradine, cowardly card sharp Barry Primus and Bernie Casey. One or two stand out sequences, usual exploitation elements, cool black character, though ending - crucifixion of Carradine on a train - is gratuitous, and there's a then-fashionably downbeat ending.

The blues music's good.




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