The Sugarland Express

6.6|1974|1h 50m| EN

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.

Genres: Crime, Drama

Director: Steven Spielberg

Votes: 408

Production Companies:

Universal Pictures

The Zanuck/Brown Company