Story Line
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.
“A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.”
Top Cast
Goldie Hawn
Lou Jean Poplin
William Atherton
Clovis Poplin
Ben Johnson
Captain Tanner
Michael Sacks
Slide
Gregory Walcott
Mashburn
Steve Kanaly
Jessup
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Rating
6.6/ 10
Release Date
1974-03-31
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
CrimeDramaComedy
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User Reviews (3)
DanDare
6/10
•6/1/2020Steven Spielberg's first proper cinema movie has some great photography from Vilmos Zsigmond.
The tone is uncertain. A road movie, a tragic comedy with car pile ups that is based on true facts.
Lou Jean Sparrow Poplin (Goldie Hawn) takes her hu...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•4/1/2023When "Clovis" (William Atherton) is incarcerated, his wife "Lou Jean" (Goldie Hawn) is facing losing their son to adoption. She's having none of this so decides to spring her husband from jail so they can go collect their bairn and head for Mexico. T...
r96sk
9/10
•5/8/2024Quality!
<em>'The Sugarland Express'</em> is Steven Spielberg's first theatrical release as director, which is quite something given the movie seems like it was made by a seasoned vet. On a similar note, the look and feel of the film is absolutely...