The Sugarland Express

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

The Sugarland Express — Plot

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.

• Release date
• March 31, 1974
• Runtime
• 110 min
• Genres
• Crime, Drama
• Director
• Steven Spielberg

The Sugarland Express — 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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