The Sugarland Express
1974Married 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.
Acted in
Goldie Hawn
as Lou Jean Poplin
Ben Johnson
as Captain Harlin Tanner
Michael Sacks
as Patrolman Maxwell Slide
William Atherton
as Clovis Michael Poplin
Gregory Walcott
as Patrolman Ernie Mashburn
Steve Kanaly
as Patrolman Jessup
Louise Latham
as Mrs. Looby
Harrison Zanuck
as Baby Langston Poplin
A.L. Camp
as Mr. Nocker
Jessie Lee Fulton
as Mrs. Nocker
Dean Smith
as Russ Berry
Ted Grossman
as Dietz
Bill Thurman
as Hunter
Buster Daniels
as Buster Daniels
James N. Harrell
as Mark Fenno
Frank Steggall
as Logan Waters
Roger Ernest
as Hot Jock #1
Guich Koock
as Hot Jock #2
Merrill Connally
as Mr. Vern Looby
Gene Rader
as Gas Jockey
Gordon Hurst
as Hubie Nocker
George Hagy
as Mr. Sparrow
Big John Hamilton
as Big John
Kenneth Crone
as Deputy
Charles Conaway
as Attorney
Robert Golden
as Dybala's Kid
Rudy Robbins
as Mechanic
Charlie Dobbs
as Local Cop
Gene Lively
as Reporter
John L. Quinlan III
as Bailiff
Ralph E. Horwedel
as Dispatcher
Edwin 'Frog' Isbell
as Jelly Bowl
James Robert Allen
as D.P.S. Officer
Marianna Clore Blase
as Waitress
Richard Bright
as Marvin Dybala
Dean Jones
as Policeman at Football Game (uncredited)
Harvey Christiansen
as Old Reporter (uncredited)