Information
Release DateMarch 31, 1974
Runtime1h 50m
StatusReleased
Budget$3M
Revenue$13M
ProductionUniversal Pictures, The Zanuck/Brown Company
LanguagesEnglish
6.6
420 votesPopularity2
The Sugarland Express
"A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her."
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.
Cast & Crew
Director
Featured Cast
Goldie Hawn
Lou Jean Poplin
William Atherton
Clovis Poplin
Ben Johnson
Captain Tanner
Michael Sacks
Slide
Gregory Walcott
Mashburn
