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Description: Mary and Larry are two lovers, who , with Larry's ace mechanic, kidnap the daughter of a grocery store owner, and make off with the ransom. They are chased over hill, over vale by the cops, who deploy everything from 426 Hemis to helicopters to stop Larry's Dodge ChargerAmazon.com: Susan George (Straw Dogs) is ex-groupie Mary and Peter Fonda (Easy Rider) is wannabe-NASCAR driver Larry. They're thieves on the run from sheriff Vic Morrow (The Blackboard Jungle), who carries neither gun nor badge. According to director John Hough (The Legend of Hell House), his white trash cult classic was "an action picture with a lot of stunts." That about sums it up. The Tarantino favorite is slim on character development, but overstuffed with automobile-oriented action (most revolving around a 1969 Dodge Charger). Notable stunts include a game of chicken with a couple of 18-wheelers, a low-flying helicopter chase, and a death-defying leap over a moving bridge (Speed would up the ante with a bus). Adapted from the novel The Chase, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry also has one shocker of an ending. Adam Roarke, as levelheaded mechanic Deke, and an uncredited Roddy McDowall, as supermarket manager George, provide solid support. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Customer Reviews:
- One of the best,crash movies!!: A crazy Peter Fonda and the ditzy but Beautiful Susan George in a awsome car chase movie with real stunts and crashes. Just goes to show you , slow down and live life, it's to short!! Great Flick ****
- a must see!: All of you gear heads out there, if you enjoyd vanishing point, or any car chase movie for that matter with non computer animated stunts and real speed chases, youll love Dirty Mary Crazy Lary, again a must see!
- Dirty Amry, Crazy Larry: Not having seen this movie when it was first released I had no idea what to expect, but very quickly I was back in the 70's. Whilst I felt some of the acting was tame, it was probably the script that the actors had to work with that was the problem. As a piece of entertainment for a car guy I thought it was alright.
- neither dirty nor crazy: sometimes cult classics are better when they are just out there. it was hard to watch the entire movie in one sitting.
- Good for action, not for plot: The movie is pretty good for action, the plot though is terrible. I also don't find the leading lady to be attractive at all.
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