Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

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Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

PG

1974

1h 33m

Action

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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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Variety Staff

Variety

May 5, 2008

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

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Time Out

Jan 26, 2006

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.

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

May 9, 2005

1.5/5

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.

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Ciaran Carty

Sunday Independent (Ireland)

Apr 6, 2026

Seldom has so much coarseness been used to such small effect.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Jan 23, 2024

4/5

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.

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David Sterritt

Christian Science Monitor

Oct 8, 2021

A nasty thriller.

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Danny D

@RT40060325 Sep 20, 2026

I've gone 52 years thinking this had to be a Roger Corman production. To look it up and see it was not is quite a shock

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Max M

@Househuntermax Jul 28, 2026

I’ve been obsessed with this movie since watching it as a kid in the 70s. This and Vanishing Point are the greatest car movies ever made. There, I said it. Must watch!

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@Horrorfan4life Jun 9, 2026

The dialogue at times was terrible. Definitely could've used a rewrite. The action was great and it's just a very simple 90 minute movie. The ending is the best!!! The cars looked great. Susan George was beautiful. Nice seeing Ted White playing a trooper in the movie. Roddy Mcdowalls appearance is short but cool. Tim Treakle

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acsdoug D

@acsdoug Apr 20, 2026

I was a big "car movie" fan when I was a kid back in the 70s, and I seem to remember liking this one when I saw it at a drive-in all those years ago. I guess I was easily entertained back then because all I picked up on this time was how incredibly lame the dialogue was. And despite some recognizable names in the cast the only one who gives even a halfway decent performance is the relatively unknown Adam Roarke.

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mark g

@Mark_Alan_G. Jan 24, 2026

This is classic early 1970s action. Souped up cars, 1970s stalwart actors, plenty of northern California scenery. It's not a complex plot, people in a fast car trying to avoid law enforcement on the road and in the air. Once you start this film, you will be hooked. Adam Roarke was great.

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Keith B B

@Okbullard Jan 15, 2026

It was pretty good but got kind of slow with the average dialogue. I wouldn't bother ever watching it again.

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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.

Director: John Hough
Producer: Norman T. Herman
Screenwriter: Leigh Chapman, Antonio Santean
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox, Academy Pictures Corporation
Rating: PG
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Runtime: 1h 33m

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