The Sugarland Express
movie
A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.
Released March 31, 1974
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.
Cast
Goldie Hawn
as
Lou Jean Poplin
William Atherton
as
Clovis Poplin
Ben Johnson
as
Captain Tanner
Michael Sacks
as
Slide
Gregory Walcott
as
Mashburn
Steve Kanaly
as
Jessup
Louise Latham
as
Mrs. Looby
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Harrison Zanuck
as
Baby Langston
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A.L. Camp
as
Mr. Nocker
Jessie Lee Fulton
as
Mrs. Nocker
Dean Smith
as
Russ Berry
Ted Grossman
as
Dietz
Crew
Steven Spielberg
as
Story
Joe Alves
as
Art Direction
Richard D. Zanuck
as
Producer
Shari Rhodes
as
Casting
Verna Fields
as
Editor
Steven Spielberg
as
Director
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Hal Barwood
as
Screenplay
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Hal Barwood
as
Story
David Brown
as
Producer
John Williams
as
Original Music Composer
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Edward M. Abroms
as
Editor
Vilmos Zsigmond
as
Director of Photography