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The Sugarland Express
A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.
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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Synopsis
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.
More about The Sugarland Express
Cast
Goldie HawnLou Jean Poplin
William AthertonClovis Poplin
Ben JohnsonCaptain Tanner
Michael SacksSlide
Gregory WalcottMashburn
Steve KanalyJessup
Louise LathamMrs. LoobyCredits
- Directed by
- Steven Spielberg
- Written by
- Matthew Robbins, Hal Barwood, Steven Spielberg, Matthew Robbins, Hal Barwood
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $3M
- Box office
- $12.8M
Production
Universal PicturesUnited States- The Zanuck/Brown CompanyUnited States
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