"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
as Boxcar Bertha
David Carradine
as Big Bill Shelly
Barry Primus
as Rake Brown
Bernie Casey
as Von Morton
John Carradine
as H. Buckram Sartoris
Victor Argo
as McIver #1
David Osterhout
as McIver #2
Harry Northup
as Harvey Hall
Joe Reynolds
as Joe Cox
Marianne Dole
as Mrs. Mailler
Ann Morell
as Tillie Parr
Martin Scorsese
as Brothel Client (uncredited)