The Sugarland Express
– Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resol..
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.
29 May 1974
English
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Steven Spielberg
Hal Barwood (screenplay), Matthew Robbins (screenplay), Steven Spielberg (story), Hal Barwood (story), Matthew Robbins (story)
Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, William Atherton
Lou-Jean, a blonde woman, tells her husband, who is imprisoned, to escape. They plan to kidnap their own child, who was placed with foster parents. The escape is partly successful, they take a hostage, who is a policeman and are pursued through to Texas...
1 win & 3 nominations.
Universal Pictures