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Crime / Drama

The Sugarland Express

A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.

19741h 50mPG 6.6/ 10

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
  • H
    Harrison ZanuckBaby Langston
  • A
    A.L. CampMr. Nocker
  • Jessie Lee FultonMrs. Nocker
  • Dean SmithRuss Berry
  • Ted GrossmanDietz
  • Bill ThurmanHunter
  • K
    Ken HudginsStandby #1
  • B
    Buster DanielsDrunk
  • James N. HarrellMark Fenno

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