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.
The Sugarland Express has generally received positive reviews.
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The Sugarland Express was released in 1974 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 178 reviews, giving The Sugarland Express (1974) an average rating of 67%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 73% and users giving an average score of 74%.
With a score of 67%, The Sugarland Express is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1974, which stands at 60%.
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