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The Sugarland Express

6.6 110 mins Crime   Drama   Comedy   1974
Universal Pictures   The Zanuck/Brown Company  
Director(s): 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.

Casts of The Sugarland Express

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

A.L. Camp

as Mr. Nocker

Jessie Lee Fulton

as Mrs. Nocker

Dean Smith

as Russ Berry

Ted Grossman

as Dietz

Bill Thurman

as Hunter

Ken Hudgins

as Standby #1

Buster Daniels

as Drunk

James N. Harrell

as Mark Fenno

Frank Steggall

as Logan Waters

Roger Ernest

as Hot Jock #1

Guich Koock

as Hot Jock #2

Merrill Connally

as Mr. Looby

Gene Rader

as Gas Jockey

Gordon Hurst

as Hubie Nocker

George Hagy

as Mr. Sparrow

Big John Hamilton

as Big John

Kenneth Crone

as Deputy

Charles Conaway

as Attorney

Robert Golden

as Dybala's Kid

Rudy Robbins

as Mechanic

Charlie Dobbs

as Local Cop

Gene Lively

as Reporter

John L. Quinlan III

as Bailiff

Bill Scott

as Station Man

Ralph E. Horwedel

as Dispatcher

Edwin 'Frog' Isbell

as Jelly Bowl

James Robert Allen

as D.P.S. Officer (uncredited)

Marianna Clore Blase

as Waitress (uncredited)

Richard Bright

as Marvin Dybala (uncredited)

Dean Jones

as Policeman at Football Game (uncredited)

Al Evans

as Guard (uncredited)

Harvey Christiansen

as Old Reporter (uncredited)

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