The Sugarland Express
Movie
Type
1974
Year
1h 50m
Runtime
★ 6.6
Rating
Crime / Drama
Genre
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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Cast

Goldie Hawn
Lou Jean Poplin

Ben Johnson
Captain Harlin Tanner
Michael Sacks
Patrolman Maxwell Slide

William Atherton
Clovis Michael Poplin

Gregory Walcott
Patrolman Ernie Mashburn

Steve Kanaly
Patrolman Jessup

Louise Latham
Mrs. Looby
Harrison Zanuck
Baby Langston Poplin
A.L. Camp
Mr. Nocker

Jessie Lee Fulton
Mrs. Nocker

Dean Smith
Russ Berry

Ted Grossman
Dietz