1974
PG
Twentieth Century Fox
1 h 33 m

1974
PG
Twentieth Century Fox
1 h 33 m

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 is succe...

Directed By: John Hough

Written By: Leigh Chapman, Antonio Santean, Richard Unekis, James H. Nicholson

1974
PG
Twentieth Century Fox
1 h 33 m

1974
PG
Twentieth Century Fox
1 h 33 m

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

Name: Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1974-05-17
Duration: 1 min 33 s
Rating: 52
Cast: Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Kenneth Tobey, Eugene Daniels

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings

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Directed By: John Hough

Written By: Leigh Chapman, Antonio Santean, Richard Unekis, James H. Nicholson

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Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews

38% Positive
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Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews

38% Positive
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The A.V. Club

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.

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Slant Magazine

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

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IGN

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.

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Variety

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.

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Time Out

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.

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The New York Times

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.

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TV Guide Magazine

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

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Production Company Twentieth Century Fox, Academy Pictures

Release Date May 17, 1974

Duration 1 h 33 m

Rating PG

Genres

Tagline They don't call them that for nothing.

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

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Peter Fonda

Larry

Susan George

Mary Coombs

Adam Roarke

Deke

Kenneth Tobey

Carl Donahue

Eugene Daniels

Hank

Lynn Borden

Evelyn Stanton

Janear Hines

Millie

Elizabeth James

Dispatcher

Adrianne Herman

Cindy Stanton

T.J. Castronovo

Steve

James W. Gavin

Helicopter Pilot

Al Rossi

Surl

Ben Niems

Police Chief Markey

George Westcott

Bridge Operator

Tom O'Neill

Farmer

Edna MacAfee

Seller at Swapmeet

Don Coughlin

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Sonny Dukes

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Beau Gentry

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