The Sugarland Express
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In May 1969, Lou Jean Poplin (Goldie Hawn) visits her husband Clovis Michael Poplin to tell him that their son will soon be placed in the care of foster parents. Even though he is four months away from release from the prison in Texas, she convinces him to escape to assist her in retrieving her child. The Poplins and Slide travel through Beaumont, Dayton, Houston, Cleveland, Conroe and finally Wheelock, Texas. Eventually, the pair bond and have mutual respect for one another.
Credits
- Directed by
- Steven Spielberg
- Written by
- Steven Spielberg, Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins
- Cast
- Dean Smith, James N. Harrell, James Kenneth Crone, Michael Sacks, Gregory Walcott, Louise Latham, Ben Johnson, Steve Kanaly, William Atherton
- Produced by
- Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown
- Cinematography
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Music
- John Williams
- Edited by
- Verna Fields, Edward M. Abroms
Copyright
Registered 31Mar74 · LP43768 (Jul-Dec 1974) Copyright holder: Universal Pictures
Sources
Record added 2026-06-28T22:03:07Z