The Sugarland Express
Released
March 31, 1974
Runtime: 1h 50m
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 & Crew
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
- HZ
Harrison Zanuck
Baby Langston
- AC
A.L. Camp
Mr. Nocker
Jessie Lee Fulton
Mrs. Nocker
Dean Smith
Russ Berry
Ted Grossman
Dietz
Bill Thurman
Hunter
- KH
Ken Hudgins
Standby #1
- BD
Buster Daniels
Drunk
James N. Harrell
Mark Fenno
- FS
Frank Steggall
Logan Waters
- RE
Roger Ernest
Hot Jock #1
Steven Spielberg
Director
Steven Spielberg
Story
- HB
Hal Barwood
Story
Matthew Robbins
Story
Media
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