The Sugarland Express
“A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.”
6.6(488)PG19741h 50mEN
Directed by Steven Spielberg
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.
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prisonpolicestadiumkidnappinghostagetexasadoptiontexas rangerbaby-snatchingbased on true storyroad tripon the run
Budget $3.0MBox office $12.8M
