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.
Title | The Sugarland Express |
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Year | 1974 |
Genre | Crime, Drama |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Universal Pictures, The Zanuck/Brown Company |
Cast | Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, William Atherton, Gregory Walcott, Steve Kanaly |
Crew | Steven Spielberg (Director), Vilmos Zsigmond (Director of Photography), John Williams (Original Music Composer), Richard D. Zanuck (Producer), David Brown (Producer), Steven Spielberg (Story) |
Keyword | prison, police, stadium, kidnapping, hostage, texas, adoption, texas ranger, baby-snatching, based on true story, road trip, on the run, vulgarity, convicted felon, runaway couple, fugitive lovers |
Release | Mar 31, 1974 |
Runtime | 110 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.60 / 10 by 387 users |
Popularity | 11 |
Budget | 3,000,000 |
Revenue | 12,800,000 |
Language | English |