Overview

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.

Beesley's Ratings

Id

811

Name

Sugarland Express, The

Genre

Action,Adventure

Leads

Hawn,Goldie

Rating

5
Content Advisory

Parental guidance, Bad Language, Killing (by humans,monsters,disasters,etc.

Comments

None

Metadata from themoviedb.org

Genre Ids

Crime, Drama

Id

5121

Popularity

15.351

Release Date

1974-03-31

Title

The Sugarland Express

Vote Average

6.6

Vote Count

386

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

$12,800,000

Runtime

110 minutes