Summary
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.
Cast
Goldie Hawn
Lou Jean Poplin
William Atherton
Clovis Poplin
Ben Johnson
Captain Tanner
Michael Sacks
Slide
Gregory Walcott
Mashburn
Steve Kanaly
Jessup
Louise Latham
Mrs. Looby
Harrison Zanuck
Baby Langston
A.L. Camp
Mr. Nocker
Jessie Lee Fulton
Mrs. Nocker
Dean Smith
Russ Berry
Ted Grossman
Dietz
Bill Thurman
Hunter
Ken Hudgins
Standby #1
Buster Daniels
Drunk
James N. Harrell
Mark Fenno
Frank Steggall
Logan Waters
Roger Ernest
Hot Jock #1
Guich Koock
Hot Jock #2
Merrill Connally
Mr. Looby
Gene Rader
Gas Jockey
Gordon Hurst
Hubie Nocker
George Hagy
Mr. Sparrow
Big John Hamilton
Big John
Kenneth Crone
Deputy
Charles Conaway
Attorney
Robert Golden
Dybala's Kid
Rudy Robbins
Mechanic
Charlie Dobbs
Local Cop
Gene Lively
Reporter
John L. Quinlan III
Bailiff
Bill Scott
Station Man
Ralph E. Horwedel
Dispatcher
Edwin 'Frog' Isbell
Jelly Bowl
James Robert Allen
D.P.S. Officer (uncredited)
Marianna Clore Blase
Waitress (uncredited)
Richard Bright
Marvin Dybala (uncredited)
Dean Jones
Policeman at Football Game (uncredited)
Al Evans
Guard (uncredited)
Harvey Christiansen
Old Reporter (uncredited)
Crew
Director, Story
Steven Spielberg
Screenplay, Story
Matthew Robbins
Screenplay, Story
Hal Barwood
Reviews
DanDare
June 1, 2020
6
Steven Spielberg's first proper cinema movie has some great photography from Vilmos Zsigmond.
The tone is uncertain. A road movie, a tragic comedy with car pile ups that is based on true facts.
Lou Jean Sparrow Poplin (Goldie Hawn) takes her husband Clovis (William Atherton) out of a minimum security prison just weeks before his eventual release.
All to save their child who has been taken away and ready to put up for adoption. They kidnap a police officer which leads to them being pursued by the police and the media.
Goldie Hawn is spiky as Lou Jean but she is also stupidly impulsive.
A story that needed more work, Spielberg does make an accomplished film.
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$3,000,000.00
Revenue:
$12,800,000.00
