CLASSIC MOVIES: THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS (1974)

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Brief Movie Synopsis [courtesy of Turner Classic Movies]:

An ex-convict springs her husband from prison
to keep their child from being adopted.

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REVIEWS:

"Steven Spielberg...has built up Texas as a major character in [this] movie.
As the herd of cars races and heaves and crashes through the landscape,
the state's personality surfaces like a sperm whale. Mr. Spielberg has
also made marvelous use of many Texans, some of whom haven't acted
before. And he has choreographed his cars in a way that almost makes
me want to learn to drive. 'Sugarland' is a modest picture. .... The stress
is on the story, on what happens to clumsy strays who lurch out of line
and risk everything (including life) for their mistakes."

-- Excerpt from The New York Times; March 30, 1974