The Sugarland Express poster

The Sugarland Express( 1974)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Goldie Hawn

      Lou Jean Poplin

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      Ben Johnson

      Captain Harlin Tanner

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      Michael Sacks

      Patrolman Maxwell Slide

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      William Atherton

      Clovis Michael Poplin

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      Gregory Walcott

      Patrolman Ernie Mashburn

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      Steve Kanaly

      Patrolman Jessup

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      Louise Latham

      Mrs. Looby

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      Harrison Zanuck

      Baby Langston Poplin

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      A.L. Camp

      Mr. Nocker

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      Jessie Lee Fulton

      Mrs. Nocker

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      Dean Smith

      Russ Berry

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      Ted Grossman

      Dietz

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      Bill Thurman

      Hunter

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      Buster Daniels

      Buster Daniels

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      James N. Harrell

      Mark Fenno

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      Frank Steggall

      Logan Waters

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      Roger Ernest

      Hot Jock #1

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      Guich Koock

      Hot Jock #2

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      Merrill Connally

      Mr. Vern Looby

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      Gene Rader

      Gas Jockey

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      Gordon Hurst

      Hubie Nocker

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      George Hagy

      Mr. Sparrow

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      Big John Hamilton

      Big John

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      Kenneth Crone

      Deputy

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      Charles Conaway

      Attorney

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      Robert Golden

      Dybala's Kid

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      Rudy Robbins

      Mechanic

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      Charlie Dobbs

      Local Cop

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      Gene Lively

      Reporter

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      John L. Quinlan III

      Bailiff

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      Ralph E. Horwedel

      Dispatcher

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      Edwin 'Frog' Isbell

      Jelly Bowl

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      James Robert Allen

      D.P.S. Officer

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      Marianna Clore Blase

      Waitress

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      Richard Bright

      Marvin Dybala

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      Dean Jones

      Policeman at Football Game (uncredited)

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      Harvey Christiansen

      Old Reporter (uncredited)

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    Review 3Discussion

    A review by DanDare

    6
    Written by DanDare on Mon Jun 01 2020
    Steven 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 husband Clovis (William Atherton) out of a minimum security prison just weeks before his eventual release. All to save their child who has been taken away and ready to put up for adoption. They kidnap a police officer which leads to them being pursued by the police and the media. Goldie Hawn is spiky as Lou Jean but she is also stupidly impulsiv...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    3000000.00

    Revenue

    12800000.00

    Keywords

    • 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