The Sugarland Express
1974
Movie Information
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.
Release Date
March 31, 1974
Director
Steven Spielberg
Runtime
1h 50m
Cast
Goldie HawnWilliam AthertonBen JohnsonMichael SacksGregory WalcottSteve KanalyLouise LathamHarrison ZanuckA.L. CampJessie Lee Fulton
Production
Universal PicturesThe Zanuck/Brown Company
Genres
CrimeDramaComedy