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Name: The Sugarland Express
Released: 1974-3-30
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, William Atherton, Gregory Walcott

The Sugarland Express

PG
1h 49m
1974

87%

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The Sugarland Express, a gripping drama co-written and directed by a 26-year-old Steven Spielberg, makes its mark as the director’s first theatrical film debut. Based on a true story, a desperate mother (Goldie Hawn) attempts to reunite her family by any means necessary including helping her husband escape prison, kidnapping a Texas state trooper and leading the police on a wild chase across the state in an effort to save her son from adoption. Winning the hearts of many fans that followed her story on the news, this film conveys the true story of a girl who took on all of Texas... and almost won.

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Producer:

Richard Zanuck, David Brown

Writer:

Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins

Cast:

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

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

87%

Critics Consensus: Its plot may ape the countercultural road movies of its era, but Steven Spielberg's feature debut displays many of the crowd-pleasing elements he'd refine in subsequent films.

Reviews

Rob's Movie Vault

Rob Gonsalves

Made before Spielberg became a thousand-pound gorilla, "Sugarland" is pleasantly small and unassuming.

The Sugarland Express has become something of a cult classic mainly because of Steven Spielberg making it his first theatrical release.

Clearly, in Spielberg’s vision of cops and robbers, everyone is an average person, with reasonable motives and expectations and inclinations toward forgiveness, even when circumstances tend to demand more outrageous reactions.

One is apt to fear for the second film of a promising young director, but for once anxiety was unnecessary. The Sugarland Express is okay; a bit too long... but generally balanced, accomplished, satisfying.

A highly winning entertainment.

April 20, 2021

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