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The Sugarland Express
1974
1h 50m
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.
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Cast
Goldie HawnLou Jean Poplin
William AthertonClovis Poplin
Ben JohnsonCaptain Tanner
Michael SacksSlide
Gregory WalcottMashburn
Steve KanalyJessup
Louise LathamMrs. Looby
Harrison ZanuckBaby Langston
A.L. CampMr. Nocker
Jessie Lee FultonMrs. Nocker
Dean SmithRuss Berry
Ted GrossmanDietz
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