Movie
The Sugarland Express
“A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.”
CrimeDrama
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.
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Details
- Directed by
- Steven Spielberg
- Released
- 31 Mar 1974
- Status
- Released
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Universal Pictures, The Zanuck/Brown Company
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Box office
- $12,800,000
- Votes
- 488 on TMDB
Cast
Goldie HawnLou Jean Poplin
William AthertonClovis Poplin
Ben JohnsonCaptain Tanner
Michael SacksSlide
Gregory WalcottMashburn
Steve KanalyJessup
Louise LathamMrs. Looby- HHarrison ZanuckBaby Langston
- AA.L. CampMr. Nocker
Jessie Lee FultonMrs. Nocker
Dean SmithRuss Berry
Ted GrossmanDietz
Bill ThurmanHunter- KKen HudginsStandby #1
