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The Sugarland Express

  • 1974
  • TMDB 6.6/10
  • 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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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.

Cast

  • Goldie HawnLou Jean Poplin
  • William AthertonClovis Poplin
  • Ben JohnsonCaptain Tanner
  • Michael SacksSlide
  • Gregory WalcottMashburn
  • Steve KanalyJessup
  • Louise LathamMrs. Looby
  • Harrison ZanuckBaby Langston

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