The Sugarland Express

 

The Sugarland Express 1974

• Director: Steven Spielberg
• Cast: Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, William Atherton
• Why? Goldie Hawn
• Seen: Once or twice before. Now 25 July 2026                     

 

          This is Spielberg’s first feature film (Duel was made for TV).

          Goldie Hawn and her husband are both jailbirds. They kidnap a cop and force him to drive to Sugarland to kidnap their baby from the foster parents.

          Based on a true story. People sure can do idiotic things. And I don’t mean just the kidnappers.

          Goldie Hawn does what Goldie Hawn does, plays a ditzy vulnerable loser, with a Texas accent.

2 ½ * of 5