The Sugarland Express

English audio · Klasikoak 2026 (Filmoteca Vasca)

In April 1969, Lou Jean Poplin visits her incarcerated husband, Clovis Michael Poplin, to tell him that their son will soon be placed in the care of foster parents. Even though he is four months away from being released from prison, she convinces him to escape to assist her in retrieving their child. They hitch a ride from the prison with a couple, but when Texas Department of Public Safety Patrolman Maxwell Slide stops the car, they take the car and run.

Director

Steven Spielberg

Starring

Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, William Atherton, Gregory Walcott, Steve Kanaly, Louise Latham

Why we call it English: Klasikoak 2026 (Filmoteca Vasca) programme states English audio; Steven Spielberg, US 1974