Rotten
If the movie finally doesn't succeed, that's because Spielberg has paid too much attention to all those police cars (and all the crashes they get into), and not enough to the personalities of his characters.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The Sugarland Express
A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.
1974 · 1h 50m · PG
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Steven Spielberg
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The Sugarland Express
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Steven Spielberg Director
- Goldie Hawn as Lou Jean Poplin
- William Atherton as Clovis Poplin
- Ben Johnson as Captain Tanner
- Michael Sacks as Slide
- Gregory Walcott as Mashburn
- Steve Kanaly as Jessup
- Louise Latham as Mrs. Looby
- Harrison Zanuck as Baby Langston
- A.L. Camp as Mr. Nocker
- Jessie Lee Fulton as Mrs. Nocker
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
87%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The movie has a casual craziness that seems especially native.
Nora Sayre, New York Times
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