The Sugarland Express

The Sugarland Express

110 mins | Drama, Crime | April 5, 1974

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.

The Sugarland Express

110 mins | Drama, Crime | April 5, 1974

The Sugarland Express
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Universal Pictures, Zanuck/Brown Productions
Original title The Sugarland Express
Directors Ulla Bourne, Tom Joyner, James Fargo, Steven Spielberg
Writers Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, Steven Spielberg

Cast

Goldie Hawn

as Lou Jean Poplin

Ben Johnson

as Captain Harlin Tanner

Michael Sacks

as Patrolman Maxwell Slide

William Atherton

as Clovis Michael Poplin

Gregory Walcott

as Patrolman Ernie Mashburn

Steve Kanaly

as Patrolman Jessup

Louise Latham

as Mrs. Looby

Harrison Zanuck

as Baby Langston Poplin

A.L. Camp

as Mr. Nocker

Jessie Lee Fulton

as Mrs. Nocker

Dean Smith

as Russ Berry

Ted Grossman

as Dietz

Bill Thurman

as Hunter

Buster Daniels

as Buster Daniels

James N. Harrell

as Mark Fenno

Frank Steggall

as Logan Waters

Roger Ernest

as Hot Jock #1

Guich Koock

as Hot Jock #2

Merrill Connally

as Mr. Vern Looby

Gene Rader

as Gas Jockey

Gordon Hurst

as Hubie Nocker

George Hagy

as Mr. Sparrow

Big John Hamilton

as Big John

Kenneth Crone

as Deputy

Charles Conaway

as Attorney

Robert Golden

as Dybala's Kid

Rudy Robbins

as Mechanic

Charlie Dobbs

as Local Cop

Gene Lively

as Reporter

John L. Quinlan III

as Bailiff

Ralph E. Horwedel

as Dispatcher

Edwin 'Frog' Isbell

as Jelly Bowl

James Robert Allen

as D.P.S. Officer

Marianna Clore Blase

as Waitress

Richard Bright

as Marvin Dybala

Dean Jones

as Policeman at Football Game (uncredited)

Harvey Christiansen

as Old Reporter (uncredited)