The Sugarland Express (1974)
PG
22/05/1974 (GB)
Crime, Drama, Comedy
1h 50m
- 66% (437 votes)
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A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.
Overview
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.
- Steven SpielbergDirector
- Hal BarwoodScreenplay
- Matthew RobbinsScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$3,000,000
Revenue
$12,800,000
Keywords
- prison
- police
- stadium
- kidnapping
- hostage
- texas
- adoption
- texas ranger
- baby-snatching
- based on true story
- road trip
- on the run
- vulgarity
- convicted felon
- runaway couple
- fugitive lovers
Top Billed 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
Harrison Zanuck
Baby Langston
A.L. Camp
Mr. Nocker
Jessie Lee Fulton
Mrs. Nocker
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