The Sugarland Express

1974·Movie

1h 50min

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About

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.

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Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Road Movie
Mood: HopefulReflectiveEmotionalTenseBleak
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Sequels and Prequels

No sequels or prequels available

Crew

Directed by:

Steven Spielberg, Vilmos Zsigmond, James Fargo

Produced by:

Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown

Composed by:

John Williams

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

Jessie Lee Fulton

Mrs. Nocker

Dean Smith

Russ Berry

Ted Grossman

Dietz

Bill Thurman

Hunter

Guich Koock

Hot Jock #2

Big John Hamilton

Big John

Richard Bright

Marvin Dybala (uncredited)

Dean Jones

Policeman at Football Game (uncredited)

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