The Sugarland Express
# A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.
π 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.
π΅ Budget: USD
3,000,000
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
1974-03-31
β Running Time:
110 mins
β Vote Average:
6.6
Beloved Cast
Lou Jean Poplin
Goldie Hawn
Captain Harlin Tanner
Ben Johnson
Patrolman Maxwell Slide
Michael Sacks
Clovis Michael Poplin
William Atherton
Patrolman Ernie Mashburn
Gregory Walcott
Patrolman Jessup
Steve Kanaly
Mrs. Looby
Louise Latham
Baby Langston Poplin
Harrison Zanuck
Mr. Nocker
A.L. Camp
Mrs. Nocker
Jessie Lee Fulton
Russ Berry
Dean Smith
Dietz
Ted Grossman
Hunter
Bill Thurman
Buster Daniels
Buster Daniels
Mark Fenno
James N. Harrell
Logan Waters
Frank Steggall
Hot Jock #1
Roger Ernest
Hot Jock #2
Guich Koock
Mr. Vern Looby
Merrill Connally
Gas Jockey
Gene Rader
Hubie Nocker
Gordon Hurst
Mr. Sparrow
George Hagy
Big John
Big John Hamilton
Deputy
Kenneth Crone
Attorney
Charles Conaway
Dybala's Kid
Robert Golden
Mechanic
Rudy Robbins
Local Cop
Charlie Dobbs
Reporter
Gene Lively
Bailiff
John L. Quinlan III
Dispatcher
Ralph E. Horwedel
Jelly Bowl
Edwin 'Frog' Isbell
D.P.S. Officer
James Robert Allen
Waitress
Marianna Clore Blase
Marvin Dybala
Richard Bright
Policeman at Football Game (uncredited)
Dean Jones
Old Reporter (uncredited)
Harvey Christiansen