PRE-ORDER: Boxcar Bertha (Cinématographe)

-This is a PRE-ORDER and the street date is:  2/1/2026

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“Boxcar” Bertha Thompson (Barbara Hershey, The Last Temptation of Christ), a transient young woman living in the American south in the 1930s, rides the rails bouncing from job to job and town to town, often leaving dishonest men in her wake. She eventually comes across “Big” Bill Shelly (David Carradine, Death Race 2000), a hard working laborer turned union organizer. They quickly develop a romantic relationship and, along with two friends—Rake Brown (Barry Primus, New York, New York) and Von Morton (Bernie Casey, Hit Man)—begin an old fashioned crime spree, robbing banks and trains, and becoming fast enemies of both the railway company and local law enforcement.

The sophomore narrative feature for Martin Scorsese, who also co-edited the film, Boxcar Bertha bears not only many of the hallmarks of his filmography to come but those of producers Roger and Julie Corman as well. Adapted from the book Sister of the Road: The Autobiography of Boxcar Bertha, Scorsese’s film combines elements of true crime grit with the style, and excesses, expected in drive-in exploitation pictures of the 1970s. Long overlooked in the filmography of one of American, and world, cinema’s greatest filmmakers, Cinématographe is proud to bring Martin Scorsese’s Boxcar Bertha to 4K UHD for the first time in the world, from a new restoration supervised by Scorsese himself.

directed by: Martin Scorsese
starring: Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, Bernie Casey, John Carradine, Victor Argo
1972 / 88 min / 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD MA 1.0

Additional info:

• 2-Disc Set: 4K Ultra HD + Region A Blu-ray
• New audio commentary by film critic Adrian Martin
• A New Talent - a new video interview with Ian Christie, editor of Scorsese on Scorsese
• Any Way You Can - a new video interview with actor Barry Primus
• What Price a Crucifix Tree: Female Protagonists and the Suffering Servants of Scorsese - a new video essay by film historian Daniel Kremer
• Trailers from Hell - Julie Corman and Chris Wilkinson on Boxcar Bertha
• Turner Classic Movies introduction to the film by Ben Mankiewicz, featuring interview footage with producer Roger Corman
• Gallery of rarely seen storyboards for the film, drawn by Martin Scorsese
• Booklet with a new interview with Martin Scorsese as well as essays by film critics Robert Daniels, Bilge Ebiri, Beatrice Loayza and Glenn Kenny, author of Made Men: the Story of Goodfellas
• English SDH subtitles