Goldie HawnLou Jean PoplinSavaraTV movie
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.
CrimeDrama
Starring
Goldie Hawn, William Atherton, Ben Johnson
Directed by
Steven Spielberg
About
The Sugarland Express
CrimeDrama
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.
A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.
Information
- Released
- Mar 31, 1974
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Status
- Released
Language & origin
- Original audio
- English
- Country
- US
- Rating
- PG
- Directed by
- Steven Spielberg
Production
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Studio
- The Zanuck/Brown Company
Cast
People in this story
Goldie HawnLou Jean Poplin
William AthertonClovis Poplin
Ben JohnsonCaptain Tanner
Michael SacksSlide
Gregory WalcottMashburn
Steve KanalyJessup
Louise LathamMrs. Looby
Jessie Lee FultonMrs. Nocker
Dean SmithRuss Berry
Ted GrossmanDietzMetadata and artwork discovery powered by TMDB.