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The Sugarland Express

The Sugarland Express

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 31, 1974

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Crime, Drama

User Score

66%

Original Title

The Sugarland Express

Production Companies

Universal Pictures, The Zanuck/Brown Company

Director

Steven Spielberg

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

$12,800,000

Description

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.