Watch The Sugarland Express

The young son of Lou Jean and Clovis Poplin is in danger of being put into foster care. Clovis breaks out of prison and helps his wife kidnap their son from his foster parents. On the way, the Poplins hitch a ride from an elderly couple and end up hijacking the car. After the car crashes in a police chase, the prisoner and his wife take the policeman hostage, in a stolen trailer, found in a lot. The couple eventually arrives, with the officer, to the foster parents' home. A group of policemen and the foster parents have a shootout.