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Boxcar Bertha (1972)

Barbara Hershey: Boxcar Bertha

Boxcar Bertha

Barbara Hershey credited as playing...

Boxcar Bertha

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Quotes12

  • Boxcar Bertha: Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.
  • Harvey Hall: Can I be of service, ma'am?
  • Boxcar Bertha: Oh, shit, yes! I just can't figure out how to put that thing on that thing.
  • Harvey Hall: Well, honey, just leave it to Harvey.
  • Rake Brown: Hey, who is that? Hey, what is this?
  • Boxcar Bertha: [Cradled in Bill's arms] This is Bill. I've known him awhile.
  • Rake Brown: Well, you've known me awhile, too, Toots.
  • Boxcar Bertha: It's not the same. Not at all.
  • Harvey Hall: Where you goin' little lady?
  • Boxcar Bertha: Ah, to Africa.
  • Harvey Hall: Africa?
  • Boxcar Bertha: I'm a missionary. I've dedicated my life to the black heathen.
  • Boxcar Bertha: I want somethin' I ain't ever had.
  • 'Big' Bill Shelly: How you gonna get that?
  • Boxcar Bertha: Guts and luck.
  • 'Big' Bill Shelly: Luck! Hell, luck is bein' a Vanderbilt or a Carnegie.
  • Boxcar Bertha: Just grabbin' somethin' good when it comes by.
  • 'Big' Bill Shelly: Sure, enough, honey.
  • 'Big' Bill Shelly: Which way are you headed?
  • Boxcar Bertha: I don't know.
  • Boxcar Bertha: Bill, I wanna thank you. You're a real straight shooter.
  • 'Big' Bill Shelly: Hey, whoa, honey, I'm not that straight shooter.
  • Boxcar Bertha: Huh?
  • 'Big' Bill Shelly: I mean, you ain't even seen me shoot.
  • Boxcar Bertha: Huh?
  • 'Big' Bill Shelly: I'll at least light a fire for you. You probably don't even have any matches. Do you?
  • Mr. Mendes, Gambler: Everybody's strikin'. East coast. West coast. What happens if everybody strikes? Firemen. Police. You know what that means? Anarchy. Chaos. We got a socialist people goin' on now. We got Reds comin' in. Reds around us. Reds in Washington goin' down. What's going to happen?
  • Boxcar Bertha: What are these Reds? That's all I ever hear about is Reds.
  • Mr. Mendes, Gambler: Big Bill Shelly, he's a Red.
  • Mr. Mendes, Gambler: You're pretty. Very pretty. You have a remarkable figure. Quite - full.
  • Boxcar Bertha: Thank you.
  • Boxcar Bertha: I'd do anything you want. Wanna quit, we'll quit. We'll go away.
  • 'Big' Bill Shelly: I ain't a quitter. If you wanna leave, there are no chains on you, honey.
  • Boxcar Bertha: You dumb.
  • 'Big' Bill Shelly: What do you mean?
  • Boxcar Bertha: I ain't leavin'.
  • Boxcar Bertha: It looks like it's really over for you now, huh?
  • 'Big' Bill Shelly: Hell no. Until I'm dead.
  • Boxcar Bertha: You don't have to rush it.
  • 'Big' Bill Shelly: It's appointed, each man to die. Judgement
  • Boxcar Bertha: You don't have to rush it.
  • Boxcar Bertha: [Final words] No! Don't take him! You can't take him. Can't take him. Stop it! Don't take him. Don't - take him! No! - No! - No!

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