Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry is a cult 1974 car chase film starring Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, and Vic Morrow. The film was directed by John Hough. The music score contains no incidental music, apart from the theme song over the opening and closing titles, and a small amount of music heard over the radio.

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1974 - Peter Fonda - Susan George - Adam Roarke - Vic Morrow - John Hough - Music score - Incidental music - Radio

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The story deals with two would-be NASCAR hopefuls; the driver, Larry (Peter Fonda), and his mechanic, Deke (Adam Roarke), who successfully execute a supermarket heist to finance their jump into the big-time auto racing world, extorting $150,000 in cash from the supermarket manager (Roddy McDowall) by holding his wife and daughter hostage.

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NASCAR - Peter Fonda - Adam Roarke - Supermarket - Heist - Roddy McDowall

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In making their escape, they are confronted by Larry's one-night stand, Mary (Susan George), who convinces them to take her along for the ride (under the threat of her blowing the whistle on them both). After the heist is reported to the Sherriff, Captain Franklin Vic Morrow obsessively sets out to capture the trio in a dragnet, only to find his patrol cars woefully inadequate to catch Larry, Mary and Deke in a high-performance 1969 Dodge Charger.

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Susan George - Vic Morrow - Dragnet - Dodge Charger

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The trio evades several patrol cars, a high-performance police interceptor, and even Captain Franklin himself in a Bell JetRanger helicopter, before meeting their fate head on.

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Bell JetRanger - Helicopter

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