Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

PG

1974

1 hr. 33 min.

Action

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47%

19 Reviews

Tomatometer

68%

5,000+ Ratings

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Down on their luck and out of cash, high-speed racer Larry (Peter Fonda) and his repairman (Adam Roarke) plan to hold up a supermarket that's fat with a fresh payroll. Larry hopes to score enough to buy his ideal car, and then join the professional league. At the last minute, their heist is complicated by the addition of Larry's on-off girlfriend (Susan George), who's all jazzed up for the burglary. Larry's racing skills will be pushed to the limit in this chase-packed action thriller.

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Roy V

What a false, absurd, distortion! However, the car was boss and the fashion is perfectly represented. Oh how I love the Styles and simplicity of the '70s!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/11/23

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dave s

If you enjoy the non-stop revving of car engines and squealing breaks and the excitement of cars crashing, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry should land right in your wheelhouse. If the aforementioned attributes aren't up your alley, avoid the movie at all costs. Larry (Peter Fonda) and Deke (Adam Roarke) knock off a grocery store and make off with the proceeds in a souped-up car. Before they know it, Larry's one-night stand from the previous evening, the beautiful but annoying Mary (Susan George), is along for the ride. Fonda and Roarke do their best with an incredibly annoying script that consists primarily of non-stop juvenile insults. George, on the other hand, seems more preoccupied with her dopey and inconsistent Southern accent than actually trying to give a decent performance. To top it off, none of it makes a lick of sense – after pulling off a decent caper, why are the bandits intent on doing everything they can to draw the attention of the police? It all gets a bit tiring after about twenty minutes.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Pierre L

Go Fast are dangerous. Their apology is stupid and brainless. Just Kill them all or let them die. This is the way...

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/21/22

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scott m

One of the best road movies ever made. I'd never heard of it until today and read that it's one of Quentin Tarantino's favorite movies. I really enjoyed it. I always thought Peter Fonda was a joke of an actor but he does a decent job here. It's about 2 guys who are trying to drive in NASCAR but don't have the money, so they decide to rob a grocery store. Extremely well made.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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stuart s

It's a great car chase movie. Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke and Mother Mopar's 440's. I especially love the ending. What else could you want?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Great 70's crime movie.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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John Hough

Director

Peter Fonda

Larry

Susan George

Mary Coombs

Adam Roarke

Deke Sommers

Kenneth Tobey

Carl Donahue

Eugene Daniels

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What little narrative or characterization shows up on screen could barely fill an abridged short story.

May 5, 2008

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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.

Jan 26, 2006

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

The film is so bereft of emotion and so full of physical movement that it's possible this is a point that John Hough, the director, and the screenwriters wanted to make. It's a very small point to be made by such a noisy picture.

Rated: 1.5/5

May 9, 2005

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

the final chase is a high-water-mark of stunt-work, well handled by John Hough... Simultaneously sociopathic and patriotic, it’s an anti-establishment drama without the politics, and shows Fonda’s free-wheeling charisma and anti-hero styling at its best.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 23, 2024

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David Sterritt

Christian Science Monitor

A nasty thriller.

Oct 8, 2021

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Dick Lochte

Los Angeles Free Press

I can't begin to imagine what was in the minds of the people responsible for it or what they hoped to prove by producing it.

Dec 13, 2019

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Synopsis

Down on their luck and out of cash, high-speed racer Larry (Peter Fonda) and his repairman (Adam Roarke) plan to hold up a supermarket that's fat with a fresh payroll. Larry hopes to score enough to buy his ideal car, and then join the professional league. At the last minute, their heist is complicated by the addition of Larry's on-off girlfriend (Susan George), who's all jazzed up for the burglary. Larry's racing skills will be pushed to the limit in this chase-packed action thriller.

Director: John Hough
Production Co: Academy Pictures Corporation, Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: PG
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013

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