The Sugarland Express (Original title)
Date: 1974 (Release)Country: USADirector: Steven Spielberg
Synopsis: After serving a short term for petty theft, Lou Jean Poplin visits her husband at prison farm and persuades him to escape so that they can go across the state to Sugarland to retrieve their baby. They hijack a patrolman's car and hold him hostage. The forced relationship between them grows into friendship as they are pursued by police.
Genre: Road movie
Releases
Date: 1974Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 110 mins Length: 9874 FeetLanguage: English
Date: 1974 (Release)Country: USADirector: Steven Spielberg
Synopsis: After serving a short term for petty theft, Lou Jean Poplin visits her husband at prison farm and persuades him to escape so that they can go across the state to Sugarland to retrieve their baby. They hijack a patrolman's car and hold him hostage. The forced relationship between them grows into friendship as they are pursued by police.
Genre: Road movie
Releases
Date: 1974Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 110 mins Length: 9874 FeetLanguage: English
Credits
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Production Company: Universal Pictures, Producer: Richard D. Zanuck, Producer: David Brown, Production Manager: William S. Gilmore Jr, Assistant Director: James Fargo, Assistant Director: Thomas Joyner, Screenplay: Hal Barwood, Screenplay: Matthew Robbins, Original story: Steven Spielberg, Original story: Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, Director of Photography: Vilmos Zsigmond, Special Effects: Frank Brendel, Editor: Edward Abroms, Editor: Verna Fields, [Assistant Editor]: Jeff Gourson, Art Director: Joseph Alves Jr, Music: John Williams, Harmonica solos: Jean 'Toots' Thielemans, Sound: John Carter, Sound: Robert L. Hoyt, Stunt arranger: Carey Loftin
Cast
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Goldie Hawn (Lou Jean Poplin), Ben Johnson (Capt Tanner), Michael Sacks (Maxwell Slide), William Atherton (Clovis Poplin), Gregory Walcott (Mashburn), Steve Kanaly (Jessup), Louise Latham (Mrs. Looby), Harrison Zanuck (Baby Langston), A.L. Camp (Mr. Nocker), Jessie Lee Fulton (Mrs. Nocker), Dean Smith (Russ Berry), Ted Grossman (Dietz), Bill Thurman (Hunter), Kenneth Hudgins (1st Standby), Buster Danials (Drunk), Jim Harrell (Mark Fenno), Frank Steggall (Logan Waters), Roger Ernest (1st Hot Jock), Guich Koock (2nd Hot Jock), Merrill L. Connally (Mr. Looby), Gene Rader (Gas Station Attendant), Gordon Hurst (Hubie Nocker), Big John Hamilton (Big John), George Hagy (Mr. Sparrow), Kenneth Crone (Deputy Sheriff), Peter Michael Curry (Judge), Charles Conaway (Lawyer), Robert Golden (Boy), Rudy Robbins (Mechanic), Charles Dobbs (Local Policeman), Gene Lively (Reporter), John L. Quinlan Iii (Bailiff), Bill Scott (Radio Reporter), Ralph E. Horwedel (Dispatcher), Edwin Isbell (Jelly Bowl)