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The Sugarland Express
Release Date: April 05, 1974
Year | : | 1974 |
Slogan | : | «Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.» |
Genres | : | Crime, Drama |
Production Companies | : | Universal Pictures, Zanuck/Brown Productions |
Director | : | Steven Spielberg |
Producers | : | Mike Fenton, Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown, Shari Rhodes, William S. Gilmore, William S. Gilmore |
Writers | : | Steven Spielberg, Matthew Robbins, Matthew Robbins, Hal Barwood, Hal Barwood |
RunTime | : | 110 mins. |
Budget | : | 3000000 |
Revenue | : | 12800000 |
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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