The Sugarland Express Backdrop

The Sugarland Express

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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Box Office

Budget: $3,000,000
Revenue: $12,800,000
ROI: +326.7%

Verdict: Hit

Trailer

Crew

Directors

> Steven Spielberg (Director)
> Vilmos Zsigmond (Director of Photography)
> James Fargo (First Assistant Director)
> Tom Joyner (Second Assistant Director)

Writers

> Steven Spielberg (Story)
> Hal Barwood (Screenplay)
> Hal Barwood (Story)
> Matthew Robbins (Screenplay)
> Matthew Robbins (Story)