The Sugarland Express
1974 · 110 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 20,398 VOTES · DIR. Steven Spielberg
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,108 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:03:02 - Haven't seen you here before. - I ain't been here before. It's my first time.
00:06:16 Then I remembered what you said about the telephone.
00:09:50 What the hell are you talkin' about, boy?
00:13:36 (honking)
00:18:30 Lady?
00:22:13 - We're almost there. - (siren)
00:26:06 Don't highway patrolmen have to have regular physical examinations
00:31:18 Hit it, boys! Hit it!
00:37:21 - Your name, sir. - Oh, uh...
00:40:48 admitted earlier this afternoon that their roadblock has been licked.
00:44:25 Come on!
00:48:41 - What about the girl? - Same thing, Captain.
00:53:43 I'm not sayin' I do and I'm not sayin' I don't.
00:57:37 Somebody help me!
01:00:29 I know you're all right and a good woman at heart
01:06:07 - Thank you. - Jean, you decent?
01:09:31 After you scrape off the insulation, bring it from your hot line to your coil over here.
01:14:34 - Clovis, I see you. - That's my deal.
01:20:20 - I'm sittin' too far from the wheel. - No, that's the way it's supposed to be.
01:23:20 I don't want any more rubberneckin'.
01:27:30 If you're in favor, raise your hand and say "aye".
01:32:19 Could you sign somethin' real nice right there?
01:36:52 Oh, God.
99:01:00 - No, 200.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,108
Dialogue density10.1 lines / min
First line00:03:02
Final line99:01:00
Production Record
DirectorSteven Spielberg
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3,000,000
Revenue$12,800,000
IMDb votes20,398