Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database


LISTEN TO RADIO SPOT

Main Details

  • Released on May 17, 1974
  • Color
  • Running Time: 93 Min.
  • Production Co: Academy Pictures Corporation
  • Distribution Co: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1974) (USA) (theatrical)
  • Directed by John Hough
  • Written by Leigh Chapman, James H. Nicholson, Antonio Santean
  • Starring Peter Fonda, Susan George and Adam Roarke
  • Produced by Norman T. Herman, Mickey Zide, Susan Hart, James H. Nicholson
  • Cinematography by Michael D. Margulies
  • Film Editing by Christopher Holmes

Plot Summary

  • Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags along for the ride.

Taglines

  • There's nothin they won't try!
  • They don't call them that for nothing.
  • PETER FONDA drivin' hard!! SUSAN GEORGE ridin' easy!!
  • No one's faster than Crazy Larry, except Dirty Mary!

The Tarantino Connection
Film clips appear on TV in Jackie Brown. Peter Fonda's daughter Bridget co-stars in the film. Also referenced in Death Proof.
Newsletter
  • Grindhouse Database Newsletter
  • Exploitation books
  • Kung fu movies
  • Giallo BluRay