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The Sugarland Express

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

6.6/ 10 · 0K votes
1974-03-31
1h 50m
EN
Released

Storyline

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.

Budget

$3M

Box Office

$13M

Production

Universal PicturesUniversal Pictures
The Zanuck/Brown Company

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