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The Sugarland Express (1974)

6.7/10 IMDb 87% RT 65/100 MC
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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

Steven Spielberg

Genre

Crime, Drama, Comedy

Box Office

$7,500,000

Runtime

1 hour and 50 minutes (110 minutes)

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