The Sugarland Express

1h 50m 1974 Crime, Drama United States of America

Budget: $3,000,000 Revenue: $12,800,000

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.

Director

Steven Spielberg

Writer

Steven Spielberg, Hal Barwood, Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, Matthew Robbins

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