The Sugarland Express
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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.
Released: 1974
Category: movie
Running time: 110 min
Language: English
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r96sk
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<em>'The Sugarland Express'</em> is Steven Spielberg's first theatrical release as director, which is quite something given the movie seems like it was made by a seasoned vet. On a similar...
CinemaSerf
When "Clovis" (William Atherton) is incarcerated, his wife "Lou Jean" (Goldie Hawn) is facing losing their son to adoption. She's having none of this so decides to spring her husband from jail so they...
DanDare
Steven Spielberg's first proper cinema movie has some great photography from Vilmos Zsigmond.
The tone is uncertain. A road movie, a tragic comedy with car pile ups that is based on true facts.
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