Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

[Brian Coltrane]

I don't have good details on this one, I'm hoping Cap'n Redneck can help me out. It was mentioned on another thread and this is a wild flick worth mentioning here.

First of all, the getaway car in this flick is a black Charger, and I believe it's a '69 or '68. This is another 70's-era movie that was a cross between an action/crime flick and massive car chase. I recall it being violent for the day; but by today's standards it's probably a creampuff.

The singular feature of this film that gives it my recommendation, is the shock ending. I think the first time I caught this flick on TV, I literally jumped at the ending. And then the credits roll, and you're just sitting there like..."aaaaaaauigh!!" Or at least I was. Still, it was cool, and one of the best "twists" in scriptwriting that I've seen to this day.


Brian

[Capt_Redneck]

I have it on video, taped it off a movie channel a number of years back...Peter Fonda and Susan George star in it ..Mary and Larry are a couple who, with Larry's ace mechanic, try robbing a grocery story owner, and take a woman from the store with them . They are chased over all over ...The ending is what really stands out in this movie.....



I just might have to dig this movie out watch it again....

[Capt_Redneck]

The movie was just on yesterday afternoon on the Fox Movie Channel...

Peter Fonda and Adam Rourke try and rob a grocery store. They rob the store to try to get money to get back and compete in NASCAR Susan George is a girl who Peter Fonda slept with the night before and tried to ditch, but somehow got involved .Vic Morrow is a police captian who chases them all over the town . It is a light green 69 Dodge Charger R/T w/ the 440 motor.That is the car that they switch to to try and outsmart the cops.

I knew I forgot a lot about this movie....Good thing it was on....

[1hellraiser]

Hey Capt., Did'nt the ending of the movie get used in the fall guy?

[Capt_Redneck]

Hey Capt., Did'nt the ending of the movie get used in the fall guy?

The Fall Guy TV show with Lee Majors? I haven't seen that show since it was on in the 80's ....

[1hellraiser]

I hadnt seen it since then, (besides the dukes that show should come back too). But at the end of the theme song, I remember seeing a yellow charger getting smashed by a train. The reason I remember it so well, is I alway thought it was the General, getting hurt, I was 5 at the time.

[Capt_Redneck]

Good catch.....that is the yellow charger for mthe movie...I found it on the IMDB website...Here are the other movie connections in the opening credits of "The Fall Guy"

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0081859/trivia

The opening credits feature a yellow Dodge Charger crashing crashing into a speeding locomotive. This stunt is from Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974).


The opening credits feature a man dangling from a railroad crossing light pole. This stunt is from Silver Streak (1976).


One episode features a helicopter/cropduster chase. This stunt is from Capricorn One (1978).

[Capt_Redneck]

This movie was just released on DVD for the first time a a couple of weeks ago. Some pretty good extras on the DVD for an older movie.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007WQGR2/qid=1122503386/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-4812918-2019307?v=glance&s=dvd

[Capt_Redneck]

This movie was just released on DVD for the first time a a couple of weeks ago. Some pretty good extras on the DVD for an older movie.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007WQGR2/qid=1122503386/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-4812918-2019307?v=glance&s=dvd