The Sugarland Express (1974)
1974-03-31 • Crime, Drama • 1h50m • Released
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A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.
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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.
Universal Pictures, The Zanuck/Brown Company