Sassy Mary - Crazy Larry
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Sassy Mary - Crazy Larry |
| Original title | Dirty Mary Crazy Larry |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1974 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Hough |
| script | Leigh Chapman , Antonio Santean |
| production | Norman T. Herman |
| music | Jimmie Haskell |
| camera | Michael D. Margulies |
| cut | Christopher Holmes |
| occupation | |
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Kesse Mary - Crazy Larry (Alternative title: No discount on risk ; Original title: Dirty Mary Crazy Larry ) is an American action film directed by John Hough from 1974 . It is based in part on the crime novel On Risk Is No Discount (original title: The Chase ) by Richard Unekis .
action
Larry is a racing driver who needs money to take part in car races to finance. He and his mechanic Deke Sommers take the family of supermarket manager George Stanton hostage. They then steal $ 150,000 from the store.
Larry meets Mary Coombs on the run, with whom he had previously spent the night, and takes her with him. Coombs was recently released from prison on parole. Larry insults her all the time as an easy girl .
The fugitives are chased by Captain Franklin in a helicopter in their 1969 Dodge Charger . Franklin discovers that his radio conversations are being intercepted by the robbers equipped with a police radio and tries to provoke them. Larry is about to say something, but Sommers calms him down. Instead, Coombs poses as a police officer and gives the false report that the robbers have been arrested. Franklin orders all police cars to the place of the alleged arrest and breaks the roadblocks.
The refugees think that they have already escaped and are happy. At that moment the car was rammed by a train at a level crossing and exploded.
Reviews
- "Moderately exciting, somewhat rough action cinema with a psychological impact." - Lexicon of international film
- Doug Pratt wrote in the Hollywood Reporter on June 28, 2005 that the film was a " big hit " in 1974 . The audience follow the plot as " stuck " ( " glued ") because of the achievements of the three main characters.
background
The film was shot in various locations in California . It grossed approximately $ 28.4 million in US cinemas . The German theatrical release was on October 11, 1974.
literature
- Richard Unekis : There is no discount at risk (original title: The Chase ). German by Helmut Anders . Scherz, Bern, Munich and Vienna 1969, 121 pp.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b “Lexicon of International Films” (CD-ROM edition), Systhema, Munich 1997
- ^ Review by Doug Pratt, accessed August 7, 2007 ( September 30, 2007 memento in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Filming locations for Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, accessed August 7, 2007
- ^ Box office / business for Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, accessed August 7, 2007
Web links
- Kesse Mary - Larry madman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kesse Mary - Larry madman at Rotten Tomatoes (English)