"Boxcar Bertha". The gritty tale of a woman who faces many misfortunes and finds herself caught in a battle between the up and coming railroad and it's the workers who are fighting for their rights as laborers.
The film is one of Martin Scorsese's early works but you can really see some of his style that would certainly show up again in a lot of his later dramas. He even makes an appearance in the film, and I had to do a double look but seriously... who else has those eye brows?
Like I've said before, it is really something seeing Hershey just throw herself out there and do these kinds of roles that are both physically and mentally straining. Even to watch, I found it hard to see some of the things she goes through in the film.
I don't want to give too much away, but the final scene in the film (as heart breaking as it is) is perhaps my favorite just because her performance was just so sad. It was hard to take your eyes away because you just felt so pitiful watching her go through this.
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