The Sugarland Express (1974)
"A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her."
ThumbScore
👍 77%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 76%
(RT: 87%, MC: 65) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Michael Sacks as Slide
Gregory Walcott as Mashburn
Steve Kanaly as Jessup
Louise Latham as Mrs. Looby
Harrison Zanuck as Baby Langston
Is The Sugarland Express good?
Most people think so. 77% audience score, estimated from 488 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 76%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
