Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry is a 1974 film from the USA, directed by John Hough, running 93 minutes. reelscum files it under carsploitation.
- Year
- 1974 · 1970s films
- Country
- USA
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Director
- John Hough
- Updated
- 10 Aug 2026
- Obscurity
- cult (35/100)
Defined in the glossary: Carsploitation
Ninety minutes of driving and one of cinema's great abrupt endings.
Ninety minutes of driving and one of cinema's great abrupt endings. A would-be racer, his mechanic and a girl who invites herself along rob a supermarket and try to outrun the law across rural California, and the film is essentially one long chase, powered by Peter Fonda and Susan George's chemistry.
It is a quintessential drive-in car picture, loose and fast, and it was a big influence on Tarantino, who has cited it often. The famous final shot recontextualises the whole breezy ride in a few seconds.
A pure road-and-engine film with a sting in its tail.
Trailer
The numbers
Nobody has rated this yet. Be the first to make a claim you'll have to defend.
Your call
Where to watch
Legal options in USA
Links open in a new tab (↗). Availability data via TMDB and changes constantly, so confirm on the service. Legal options only. Checked 8 Nov 2026. All options ↗
Discuss with AI
Open a chatbot with a question about this film already typed out. Useful for a second opinion, plot detail, or where to find a copy.
Filed alongside
Road Games
Rear Window in a truck, with Stacy Keach and Jamie Lee Curtis.
White Lightning
Burt Reynolds, moonshine, and the blueprint for a decade of Southern comedy.
The Cars That Ate Paris
Peter Weir's debut. A town that farms car crashes. Very strange.
Gone in 60 Seconds
93 cars destroyed for real. The director broke his own ankles. Worth it.
White Line Fever
Trucker versus the cartel. Earnest, blue-collar, better than expected.
Race with the Devil
Satanists chase a Winnebago across Texas. Better than that sounds.
Two-Lane Blacktop
Almost no dialogue, almost no plot, and completely hypnotic.
Vanishing Point
A white Challenger, amphetamines, and an existential crisis at speed.
Death Race 2000
Corman satire with actual teeth. Stallone before anyone knew.
Mad Max 2
The template the whole Italian post-nuke cycle copied for a decade.
Mad Max
Made for nothing on public roads. You can feel every dollar missing.
Stunt Rock
No plot. A stuntman and a prog band. Exists purely so Grant Page can work.