The Sugarland Express
7.1 Score
Budget$3M
Box office$12.8M
LanguageEN
CountriesUnited States of America
1974 1h 50m PG Comedy Crime Drama

The Sugarland Express

A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.

Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking a highway patrolman hostage. As a massive dragnet starts to pursue them across Texas, the couple become unlikely folk heroes and even start to bond with the captive policeman.

Crew
Director Steven Spielberg Screenplay Hal Barwood Screenplay Matthew Robbins Producer Richard D. Zanuck

Top Cast

Goldie Hawn Lou Jean Poplin William Atherton Clovis Poplin Ben Johnson Captain Tanner Michael Sacks Slide Gregory Walcott Mashburn Steve Kanaly Jessup Louise Latham Mrs. Looby

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