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31/03/1974 Crime, Drama 1h 50m
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A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.

Overview

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.

  1. Steven Spielberg

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Goldie Hawn

    Lou Jean Poplin

  2. William Atherton

    Clovis Poplin

  3. Ben Johnson

    Captain Tanner

  4. Michael Sacks

    Slide

  5. Gregory Walcott

    Mashburn

  6. Steve Kanaly

    Jessup

  7. Louise Latham

    Mrs. Looby

  8. Harrison Zanuck

    Baby Langston

  9. A.L. Camp

    Mr. Nocker

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-04-01
When "Clovis" (William Atherton) is incarcerated, his wife "Lou Jean" (Goldie Hawn) is facing losing their son to adoption. She's having none of this so decides to spring her husband from jail so they can go collect their bairn and head for Mexico. Things do not go to plan, though, and pretty quickly they are in an hijacked police-car being driven by "Officer Slide" (Michael Sacks). Needless to say, the police - under the shrewd "Capt. Tanner" (Ben Johnson) now up the ante and we are now looking at a chase that involves just about every police vehicle in the country! They are gradually digging...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$3,000,000.00

Revenue
$12,800,000.00

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