The Sugarland Express
A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.
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- Drama
- Crime
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 31, 1974
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Cast
- Goldie Hawn,William Atherton,Ben Johnson,Michael Sacks,Gregory Walcott,Steve Kanaly,Louise Latham,Harrison Zanuck,A.L. Camp,Jessie Lee Fultonand 30 more
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Producer
- Richard D. Zanuck,David Brown
- Cinematography
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Music
- John Williams
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Revenue
- $12,800,000
- IMDb
- tt0072226