Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

Name: Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
Released: May 17, 1974
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 52
Cast: Adam Roarke, Adrianne Herman, Elizabeth James, Eugene Daniels, Janear Hines

1974

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Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: May 17, 1974 | PG

Starring: Adam Roarke, Adrianne Herman, Elizabeth James, Eugene Daniels, Janear Hines, Kenneth Tobey, Lynn Borden, Peter Fonda, Susan George, T.J. Castronovo

Summary: Larry Rayder is an aspiring NASCAR driver, Deke Sommers is mechanic. As they feel they collectively are the best, the only thing that is holding them back is money to build the best vehicle possible. As such, they decide to rob a supermarket's office of the money in its safe to pursue their dream. On the most part, their robbery isLarry Rayder is an aspiring NASCAR driver, Deke Sommers is mechanic. As they feel they collectively are the best, the only thing that is holding them back is money to build the best vehicle possible. As such, they decide to rob a supermarket's office of the money in its safe to pursue their dream. On the most part, their robbery is successful, although their plan breaks down in its end phase, which doesn't allow them as much getaway time as they wanted. Another problem they face is an unexpected third person in their getaway, Larry's one night stand Mary Coombs, who doesn't like the fact that Larry ran off on her, although she eventually also says that she doesn't want any of the money. With a police scanner and two-way radio in their souped up Dodge Charger, they try to outrun the police, who have an identification of their vehicle, and a general description of the three. The police pursuit is led by the tenacious Sheriff Everett Franklin, who knows he and his team can catch them, but also knows that the three may be able to get out of the state to "freedom" through a grove of walnut trees, which Larry, Deke and Mary may or may not know. At every literal and figurative turn, Larry needs to show his superiority as a driver, while trying to ditch Mary, who is a little more resourceful in staying with them than he anticipates.… Expand

Director: John Hough

Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Crime

Rating: PG

Runtime: 93 min

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Keith Phipps

Director John Hough packs the film with stunning car stunts filmed in California backwaters. Though he sacrifices meaning for trashy thrills at every opportunity—and winds it all down with a brain-damaged variation on the end of Easy Rider—the way Fonda slowly loses his initially unflappable cool throughout the film makes it worth a look. Read full review

Simon Abrams

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry is the rare exploitation film whose few redeeming qualities make up for its numerous shortcomings. Read full review

R.L. Shaffer

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry is a classic heist chase picture driven by a somewhat dated premise and paper-thin characters. But the film makes up for its faults with dazzling stunt work and great action. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

With more than a third of the footage devoted to spectacular chases and collisions deftly staged by stunt coordinator Al Wyatt, there’s little time left to hint at the reasons for Fonda’s increasingly unappetizing monomania. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

The script, about small-timers who wished they were bigger, is soon totally undermined by Fonda's most complacent performance to date and Susan George's sub-Goldie Hawn antics. By way of compensation, the locations are quite pretty and the car stunts are handled with a certain verve. Read full review

Vincent Canby

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry is as aimless as its dimly seen characters, who talk a lot of dreadful, cute-tough dialogue but are never recognizable except as the actors who play them. Even that factor isn't much help in enjoying the film. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

There is practically no plot, and even less character development, but the script is based on a novel, most likely a thin one. Read full review

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Deanomite

Jan 10, 2020

Some good camera work, some decent photography, one thing I don't understand is that they never had a destination. A much better Peter Fonda movie from this era was Run With The Devil, about a satanic cult. A much better Susan George movie was Straw Dogs by Sam Peckinpah. Vic MorrowSome good camera work, some decent photography, one thing I don't understand is that they never had a destination. A much better Peter Fonda movie from this era was Run With The Devil, about a satanic cult. A much better Susan George movie was Straw Dogs by Sam Peckinpah. Vic Morrow spends most of this movie in a helicopter, which is weird because when he was making The Twilight Zone (1983), he was decapitated by a helicopter along with 2 Vietnamese kids ( real corpse photos are online).… Expand

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