The Sugarland Express
A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.
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.
- Year : 1974
- Country : United States of America
- Genre : Crime, Drama
- Studio : Universal Pictures, The Zanuck/Brown Company
- Keyword : prison, police, stadium, kidnapping, hostage, texas, adoption, texas ranger, baby-snatching, based on true story, road trip, on the run, vulgarity, convicted felon, runaway couple, fugitive lovers
- Director : Steven Spielberg
- Cast : Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, William Atherton, Gregory Walcott, Steve Kanaly