Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974) on Netflix
Larry Rayder, an aspiring NASCAR driver, and his mechanic Deke Sommers rob a supermarket to fund a race car. Larry's one-night stand, Mary Coombs, coerces them into taking her along.
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Plot summary
Larry Rayder drives and Deke Sommers keeps the cars running, and together they believe they belong in big-time racing. What they lack is the money to build a machine good enough to get them there. They take a supermarket manager's wife and daughter hostage and extort $150,000 from him, then set out with less getaway time than they planned because the last stage of the job goes wrong. Mary Coombs, Larry's one-night stand, refuses to be left behind and coerces the pair into carrying her along, though she says she wants none of the money. They trade their Chevrolet Impala for a Dodge Charger at a flea market.
Cast
- Eugene Danielsas Hank
- Janear Hinesas Millie
- Adrianne Hermanas Cindy
- T.J. Castronovoas Steve (as Tom Castranova)
- James W. Gavinas Helicopter Pilot (as James Gavin)
- Al Rossias Surl
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
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Hough said the lead characters did not die in the script: he did that himself, without asking or telling anybody, which meant no sequel could be made because the leading characters were all killed. The statement he wanted to make was that speed kills.SPOILER
In the novel the film was based on, the robbers collide with a tanker truck. Because the Linden filming location offered a maze of railroad crossings, the ending was changed so that the Charger crashes into a train instead, which was not in the original script.- Preparing the film for its 1977 television premiere, colorists mis-color corrected the entire picture during telecine because they presumed the Dodge Charger was bright yellow rather than yellow-green. The shift barely affected skin tones, so television and early Betamax and VHS releases were all very warm toned.
- The film was a low-budget project and no more than three Chargers could be purchased, so a team of mechanics worked on the cars overnight to repair damage while the crew cycled through the available cars during the shooting day.
