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The Sugarland Express(1974)
Status: Released
Date: 1974-03-31
66%
454 Votes
Time: 1h 50m
A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $3,000,000.00
Revenue: $12,800,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
The Zanuck/Brown Company
Movie: The Sugarland Express
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
Jessie Lee Fulton
Mrs. Nocker
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