The Sugarland Express

April. 05,1974      PG
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Goldie Hawn as  Lou Jean Poplin
Ben Johnson as  Captain Harlin Tanner
Michael Sacks as  Patrolman Maxwell Slide
William Atherton as  Clovis Michael Poplin
Gregory Walcott as  Patrolman Ernie Mashburn
Steve Kanaly as  Patrolman Jessup
Louise Latham as  Mrs. Looby
Jessie Lee Fulton as  Mrs. Nocker
Dean Smith as  Russ Berry
Ted Grossman as  Dietz

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