The Sugarland Express (1974)
A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Goldie Hawn
as Lou Jean Poplin
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William Atherton
as Clovis Poplin
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Ben Johnson
as Captain Tanner
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Michael Sacks
as Slide
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Gregory Walcott
as Mashburn
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Steve Kanaly
as Jessup
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Louise Latham
as Mrs. Looby
- Harrison Zanuck as Baby Langston
- A.L. Camp as Mr. Nocker
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Jessie Lee Fulton
as Mrs. Nocker
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Dean Smith
as Russ Berry
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Ted Grossman
as Dietz
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Bill Thurman
as Hunter
- Ken Hudgins as Standby #1
- Buster Daniels as Drunk
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James N. Harrell
as Mark Fenno
- Frank Steggall as Logan Waters
- Roger Ernest as Hot Jock #1
Crew
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Steven Spielberg
Director
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Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
- Edward M. Abroms Editor
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Verna Fields
Editor
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John Williams
Original Music Composer
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David Brown
Producer
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Richard D. Zanuck
Producer
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Hal Barwood
Screenplay
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Matthew Robbins
Screenplay
