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.
- 6.6
- 1974
- Released
- 1h 50m
Goldie Hawn
Lou Jean Poplin
William Atherton
Clovis Poplin
Ben Johnson
Captain Tanner
Michael Sacks
Slide
Gregory Walcott
Mashburn
Steve Kanaly
Jessup
Louise Latham
Mrs. Looby
Harrison Zanuck
Baby LangstonA.L. Camp
Mr. Nocker
Jessie Lee Fulton
Mrs. Nocker
Dean Smith
Russ Berry
Ted Grossman
Dietz
Bill Thurman
HunterKen Hudgins
Standby #1Buster Daniels
DrunkJames N. Harrell
Mark FennoFrank Steggall
Logan WatersRoger Ernest
Hot Jock #1
Guich Koock
Hot Jock #2Merrill Connally
Mr. LoobyGene Rader
Gas JockeyGordon Hurst
Hubie NockerGeorge Hagy
Mr. Sparrow
Big John Hamilton
Big JohnKenneth Crone
DeputyCharles Conaway
AttorneyRobert Golden
Dybala's KidRudy Robbins
MechanicCharlie Dobbs
Local CopGene Lively
ReporterJohn L. Quinlan III
BailiffBill Scott
Station ManRalph E. Horwedel
DispatcherEdwin 'Frog' Isbell
Jelly BowlJames Robert Allen
D.P.S. Officer (uncredited)Marianna Clore Blase
Waitress (uncredited)
Richard Bright
Marvin Dybala (uncredited)
Dean Jones
Policeman at Football Game (uncredited)Al Evans
Guard (uncredited)Harvey Christiansen
Old Reporter (uncredited)
Released
en
$3,000,000.00
$12,800,000.00
- #prison
- #police
- #stadium
- #kidnapping
- #hostage
- #texas
- #adoption
- #texas ranger
- #baby-snatching
- #based on true story
- #road trip
- #on the run
- #vulgarity
- #convicted felon
- #runaway couple
- #fugitive lovers
Reviews
Quality! <em>'The Sugarland Express'</em> is Steven Spielberg's first theatrical release as director, which is quite something given the movie seems like it was made by a seasoned vet. On a similar note, the look and feel of the film is absolutely outstanding; it has aged remarkably well visually, almost hard to believe it came out in 1974! I also really enjoyed the score, particularly Toots Th
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 sa
Steven Spielberg's first proper cinema movie has some great photography from Vilmos Zsigmond. The tone is uncertain. A road movie, a tragic comedy with car pile ups that is based on true facts. Lou Jean Sparrow Poplin (Goldie Hawn) takes her husband Clovis (William Atherton) out of a minimum security prison just weeks before his eventual release. All to save their child who has been taken