The Sugarland Express (1974)

03/31/1974 1h 50m

A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Goldie Hawn

as Lou Jean Poplin

Born 11/21/1945, age

Ben Johnson

as Captain Harlin Tanner

Born 06/13/1918

Died 04/08/1996, age

Michael Sacks

as Patrolman Maxwell Slide

Born 09/11/1948, age

William Atherton

as Clovis Michael Poplin

Born 07/30/1947, age

Gregory Walcott

as Patrolman Ernie Mashburn

Born 01/13/1928

Died 03/20/2015, age

Louise Latham

as Mrs. Looby

Born 09/23/1922

Died 02/12/2018, age

Jessie Lee Fulton

as Mrs. Nocker

Born 06/14/1912

Died 06/29/1983, age

Guich Koock

as Hot Jock #2

Born 07/22/1944, age

Richard Bright

as Marvin Dybala

Born 06/28/1937

Died 02/18/2006, age

Dean Jones

as Policeman at Football Game (uncredited)

Born 01/25/1931

Died 09/01/2015, age