the sugarland express

Director: steven spielberg

Actor: goldie hawn,ben johnson,michael sacks,william atherton

Data Published: Wed May 29 1974

Genres: Crime,Drama

Key Words: texas,hostage,pursuit,highway,police car

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072226/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sugarland_Express

Description: The Sugarland Express is a movie starring Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, and Michael Sacks. A woman attempts to reunite her family by helping her husband escape prison and together kidnapping their son. But things don't go as planned...

Plot: In May 1969, Lou Jean Poplin (Goldie Hawn) visits her husband Clovis Michael Poplin (William Atherton) to tell him that their son will soon be placed in the care of foster parents. Even though he is four months away from release from the prison in Texas, she convinces him to escape to assist her in retrieving her child. They hitch a ride from the prison with an elderly couple, but when Texas Department of Public Safety Patrolman Maxwell Slide (Michael Sacks) stops the car, they take the car and run. When the car crashes, the two felons overpower and kidnap Slide, holding him hostage in a slow-moving caravan, eventually including helicopters and news vans. The Poplins and Slide travel through Beaumont, Dayton, Houston, Cleveland, Conroe and finally Wheelock, Texas. By holding Slide hostage, the pair are able to continually gas up their car, as well as get food via the drive-through. Eventually, Slide and the pair bond and have mutual respect for one another. The Poplins bring Slide to the home of the foster parents, where they encounter numerous officers, including the DPS Captain who has been pursuing them, Captain Harlin Tanner (Ben Johnson). A pair of Texas Rangers shoot and kill Clovis and the Texas Department of Public Safety arrests Lou Jean. Patrolman Slide is found unharmed. Lou Jean spends fifteen months of a five-year prison term in a women's correctional facility. Upon getting out, she obtains the right to live with her son, convincing authorities that she is able to do so.