The Sugarland Express

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

1974
1 hr 49 min
6.6 (438)
Released

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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Release Date

1974
Runtime

1 hr 49 min
Language

en
Rating

6.6 (438)

Genres

Crime Drama Comedy
Director

Steven Spielberg
Cast

Goldie Hawn
William Atherton
Ben Johnson
Michael Sacks
Gregory Walcott
Steve Kanaly
Louise Latham
Harrison Zanuck
A.L. Camp
Jessie Lee Fulton
Dean Smith
Ted Grossman
Bill Thurman
Ken Hudgins
Buster Daniels
James N. Harrell
Frank Steggall
Roger Ernest
Guich Koock
Merrill Connally
Gene Rader
Gordon Hurst
George Hagy
Big John Hamilton
Kenneth Crone
Charles Conaway
Robert Golden
Rudy Robbins
Charlie Dobbs
Gene Lively
John L. Quinlan III
Bill Scott
Ralph E. Horwedel
Edwin 'Frog' Isbell
James Robert Allen
Marianna Clore Blase
Richard Bright
Dean Jones
Al Evans
Harvey Christiansen