The Sugarland Express
“A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.”
1974•PG•1h 50m•6.6•Released
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.
Director
Steven Spielberg
Writer
Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins
Budget
$3M
Revenue
$13M
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Pictures
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
Dean Smith
Russ Berry
Ted Grossman
Dietz
Bill Thurman
Hunter
Ken Hudgins
Standby #1
Buster Daniels
Drunk
Production
Company
Universal Pictures
Company
The Zanuck/Brown Company
Producer
Richard D. Zanuck
Producer
David Brown
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