The Sugarland Express

Mar 31, 1974

1h 50m

★ 6.6

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

The Zanuck/Brown Company

The Sugarland Express Trailers

Cast

Lou Jean Poplin

Goldie Hawn

Clovis Poplin

William Atherton

Captain Tanner

Ben Johnson

Slide

Michael Sacks

Mashburn

Gregory Walcott

Jessup

Steve Kanaly

Mrs. Looby

Louise Latham

Baby Langston

Harrison Zanuck

Mr. Nocker

A.L. Camp

Mrs. Nocker

Jessie Lee Fulton

Russ Berry

Dean Smith

Dietz

Ted Grossman

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