The Sugarland Express

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The Sugarland Express (1974)

PG 04/05/1974 (US) Crime, Drama 1h 50m

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

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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.

Steven Spielberg

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Matthew Robbins

Screenplay, Story
Hal Barwood

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Goldie Hawn

Lou Jean Poplin
Ben Johnson

Captain Harlin Tanner
Michael Sacks

Patrolman Maxwell Slide
William Atherton

Clovis Michael Poplin
Gregory Walcott

Patrolman Ernie Mashburn
Steve Kanaly

Patrolman Jessup
Louise Latham

Mrs. Looby
Harrison Zanuck

Baby Langston Poplin
A.L. Camp

Mr. Nocker
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60%

Written by CinemaSerf on April 1, 2023

When "Clovis" (William Atherton) is incarcerated, his wife "Lou Jean" (Goldie Hawn) is facing losing their son to adoption. She's having none of this so decides to spring her husband from jail so they can go collect their bairn and head for Mexico. Things do not go to plan, though, and pretty quickly they are in an hijacked police-car being driven by "Officer Slide" (Michael Sacks). Needless to say, the police - under the shrewd "Capt. Tanner" (Ben Johnson) now up the ante and we are now looking at a chase that involves just about every police vehicle in the country! They are gradually digging... read the rest.

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