Movie · 1974
The Sugarland Express
“A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.”
Released 31 March 1974 110 min Crime / Drama More from 1974 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
A.L. Camp
as Mr. Nocker
Jessie Lee Fulton
as Mrs. Nocker
Buster Daniels
as Drunk
Ben Johnson
as Captain Tanner
Bill Thurman
as Hunter
Merrill Connally
as Mr. Looby
Louise Latham
as Mrs. Looby
Gregory Walcott
as Mashburn
Ken Hudgins
as Standby #1
Dean Jones
as Policeman at Football Game (uncredited)
Dean Smith
as Russ Berry
Ted Grossman
as Dietz
Goldie Hawn
as Lou Jean Poplin
Steve Kanaly
as Jessup
William Atherton
as Clovis Poplin
Michael Sacks
as Slide
Harrison Zanuck
as Baby Langston
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The numbers
79years between the oldest and youngest billed
82A.L. Camp — oldest on the call sheet
3Harrison Zanuck — youngest billed
43average age of the credited cast