The Sugarland Express

Name: The Sugarland Express
Cast: Goldie Hawn, William Atherton, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, Gregory Walcott

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Steven SpielbergWriters: Hal Barwood, Matthew RobbinsProducers: David Brown, Richard D. Zanuck

Goldie Hawn

as Lou Jean Poplin

William Atherton

as Clovis Poplin

Ben Johnson

as Captain Tanner

Michael Sacks

as Slide

Gregory Walcott

as Mashburn

Steve Kanaly

as Jessup

Louise Latham

as Mrs. Looby

Harrison Zanuck

as Baby Langston

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