The Sugarland Express

6.6 / 10

(449 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Crime,

Drama,

Comedy

Duration:

110 minutes

Year:

1974

Director:

Steven Spielberg

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Company:

Universal Pictures,

The Zanuck/Brown Company

Budget:

$3,000,000

Revenue:

$12,800,000

Cast:
Goldie Hawn

Lou Jean Poplin

William Atherton

Clovis Poplin

Ben Johnson

Captain Tanner

Michael Sacks

Slide

Gregory Walcott

Mashburn

Crew:
Steven Spielberg

Director

Vilmos Zsigmond

Director of Photography

John Williams

Original Music Composer

Richard D. Zanuck

Producer

David Brown

Producer