The Sugarland Express
1974 · 110 min
Directed by Steven Spielberg. Written by Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, Steven Spielberg. Starring Goldie Hawn, William Atherton, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks.
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.
Critics 87% · audiences 66%