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The Sugarland Express (1974) [PG]

Release Date:
March 31, 1974

Original Title:
The Sugarland Express

Alternate Titles:
Loca evasión

Genres:
Crime | Drama

Production Companies:
The Zanuck/Brown Company
Universal Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
BE: 12  BR: 12  DE: 12  DK: 15  FI: K-16  FR: U  GB: PG  HU: 6  IE: PG  NO: 15  PL: 12  SE: 15  US: PG 

Runtime: 110

A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.

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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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Production

Art Direction:
Joe Alves

Assistant Camera:
John J. Connor

Assistant Editor:
Jeff Gourson

Camera Operator:
Jack L. Richards
Sven Walnum

Carpenter:
Mike Fenton

Casting:
Shari Rhodes
Mike Fenton

Conductor:
John Williams

Costume Design:
Robert Ellsworth
James Gilmore

Director:
Steven Spielberg

Director of Photography:
Vilmos Zsigmond

Editor:
Verna Fields
Edward M. Abroms

First Assistant Camera:
Nick McLean

First Assistant Director:
James Fargo

Gaffer:
James O. Blair

Generator Operator:
Al Perry

Hairstylist:
Susan Germaine

Key Grip:
Robert Moore

Makeup Artist:
Del Armstrong

Musician:
Toots Thielemans

Original Music Composer:
John Williams

Producer:
Richard D. Zanuck
David Brown

Production Executive:
William S. Gilmore

Property Master:
Bill Dietz

Screenplay:
Hal Barwood
Matthew Robbins

Script Supervisor:
Ulla Bourne

Second Assistant Director:
Tom Joyner

Sound:
John R. Carter
Robert L. Hoyt

Sound Recordist:
Dennis C. Salcedo

Special Effects:
Frank Brendel

Story:
Steven Spielberg
Hal Barwood
Matthew Robbins

Stunt Coordinator:
Carey Loftin

Stunts:
Max Balchowsky
Ted Duncan
Patty Elder
Dale Van Sickel
Ted Grossman

Unit Production Manager:
William S. Gilmore

Unit Publicist:
Roy D. Smith

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