The Sugarland Express poster
Director Steven Spielberg
Screenplay Matthew Robbins, Hal Barwood

The Sugarland Express

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

Release Date: 1974-04-05

Duration: 110 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Ben Johnson
    Captain Harlin Tanner
  • William Atherton
    Clovis Michael Poplin
  • Goldie Hawn
    Lou Jean Poplin
  • Richard Bright
    Marvin Dybala
  • Ted Grossman
    Dietz
  • Steve Kanaly
    Patrolman Jessup
  • Gregory Walcott
    Patrolman Ernie Mashburn
  • Dean Jones
    Policeman at Football Game (uncredited)
  • Louise Latham
    Mrs. Looby
  • Jessie Lee Fulton
    Mrs. Nocker