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The Sugarland Express (1974)

The Sugarland Express (1974)

110 minutes EN Crime , Drama
A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.
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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Goldie Hawn
Lou Jean Poplin
Ben Johnson
Captain Harlin Tanner
Michael Sacks
Patrolman Maxwell Slide
William Atherton
Clovis Michael Poplin
Gregory Walcott
Patrolman Ernie Mashburn
Steve Kanaly
Patrolman Jessup
Louise Latham
Mrs. Looby
Harrison Zanuck
Baby Langston Poplin
A.L. Camp
Mr. Nocker
Jessie Lee Fulton
Mrs. Nocker
Dean Smith
Russ Berry

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Original Music Composer
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Production companies: Universal Pictures, Zanuck/Brown Productions
Production countries: United States of America
Budget: $3,000,000
Revenue: $12,800,000

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