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The Sugarland Express (1974)

The Sugarland Express (1974)

Drama Crime Comedy

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

Release Date: 1974, March 31
Directors: Steven Spielberg
Countries: United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures, The Zanuck/Brown Company, The Zanuck/Brown Company
Cast: Richard Bright, William Atherton, Ted Grossman, Dean Smith, Gordon Hurst, James N. Harrell, Harvey Christiansen, Merrill Connally, Gene Rader, Bill Thurman, Roger Ernest, Goldie Hawn

Overview:

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.

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