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The Sugarland Express (1974)

Directed by Steven Spielberg

Comedy | Drama | Crime

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.

Rated PG | Length 110 minutes

Actors

Goldie Hawn | Ben Johnson | Michael Sacks | William Atherton | Gregory Walcott | Steve Kanaly | Louise Latham | Harrison Zanuck | A.L. Camp | Jessie Lee Fulton | Dean Smith | Ted Grossman | Bill Thurman | Buster Daniels | James N. Harrell | Frank Steggall | Roger Ernest | Guich Koock | Merrill Connally | Gene Rader | Gordon Hurst | George Hagy | Big John Hamilton | Kenneth Crone | Charles Conaway | Robert Golden | Rudy Robbins | Charlie Dobbs | Gene Lively | John L. Quinlan III | Ralph E. Horwedel | Edwin 'Frog' Isbell | James Robert Allen | Marianna Clore Blase | Richard Bright | Dean Jones | Harvey Christiansen

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

I’ve always loved this movie.  It’s Spielberg’s first theatrical film and you can already see his amazing visual sense. Most of the film is comic and lighthearted, so the ending is a bit of a letdown.  Goldie Hawn and Ben Johnson are terrific.

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