The Sugarland Express (1974)1h50
Crime · Drama
Director Steven Spielberg (7.2 avg)
Also directed Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, and 40 more
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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Cast
Goldie Hawn
William Atherton
Ben Johnson
Michael Sacks
Gregory Walcott
Steve Kanaly
Louise Latham
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