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Cast & Crew

Ben Johnson
As Captain Tanner
Dean Smith
As Russ Berry
William Atherton
As Clovis Poplin
Goldie Hawn
As Lou Jean Poplin
Dean Jones
As Policeman at Football Game (uncredited)
Bill Thurman
As Hunter
Richard Bright
As Marvin Dybala (uncredited)

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The Sugarland Express is a 1974 crime-drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on a true story. The movie follows Lou Jean Poplin, who helps her husband Clovis escape from prison to retrievetheir son from foster care. They kidnap a highway patrolman, Maxwell Slide, and hold him hostage as they travel across Texas, pursued by a growing caravan of police cars, news vans, and helicopters. Despite the chaos and danger, the trio forms a bond, and Slide even helps them evade the authorities. The film features Goldie Hawn as Lou Jean and William Atherton as Clovis, with Ben Johnson and Michael Sacks co-starring.

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