The Sugarland Express

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.

• Steven SpielbergDirector
• John WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
• Hal BarwoodScreenplay
• Matthew RobbinsScreenplay

• Goldie HawnLou Jean Poplin
• William AthertonClovis Poplin
• Ben JohnsonCaptain Tanner
• Michael SacksSlide
• Gregory WalcottMashburn
• Steve KanalyJessup
• Louise LathamMrs. Looby
• Harrison ZanuckBaby Langston
• A.L. CampMr. Nocker
• Jessie Lee FultonMrs. Nocker
• Dean SmithRuss Berry
• Ted GrossmanDietz