The Sugarland Express
The Sugarland Express
Release: 1974-03-31
·Runtime: 110m
·★ 6.6
Crime
Drama
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Universal Pictures
The Zanuck/Brown Company
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Dean Smith
as Russ Berry
Big John Hamilton
as Big John
Michael Sacks
as Slide
Gregory Walcott
as Mashburn
Jessie Lee Fulton
as Mrs. Nocker
Guich Koock
as Hot Jock #2
Ben Johnson
as Captain Tanner
Louise Latham
as Mrs. Looby
Dean Jones
as Policeman at Football Game (uncredited)
Ted Grossman
as Dietz
Steve Kanaly
as Jessup
William Atherton
as Clovis Poplin
Richard Bright
as Marvin Dybala (uncredited)
Bill Thurman
as Hunter
Goldie Hawn
as Lou Jean Poplin
Crew
David Brown
Producer
Ted Grossman
Stunts
Steven Spielberg
Story, Director
Joe Alves
Art Direction
Dale Van Sickel
Stunts
Toots Thielemans
Musician
Carey Loftin
Stunt Coordinator
Verna Fields
Editor
Matthew Robbins
Screenplay, Story
Richard D. Zanuck
Producer
Shari Rhodes
Casting
Mike Fenton
Casting
John Williams
Original Music Composer, Conductor
James Fargo
First Assistant Director
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography