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.
Unfortunately the movie The Sugarland Express is not yet available on Paramount Plus.
| Directing | Steven Spielberg | Director |
| Camera | Vilmos Zsigmond | Director of Photography |
| Sound | John Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Richard D. Zanuck | Producer |
| Production | David Brown | Producer |
| Writing | Steven Spielberg | Story |
| Writing | Hal Barwood | Story |
| Writing | Matthew Robbins | Story |
| Writing | Hal Barwood | Screenplay |
| Writing | Matthew Robbins | Screenplay |
| Editing | Edward M. Abroms | Editor |
| Editing | Verna Fields | Editor |
| Production | Mike Fenton | Casting |
| Production | Shari Rhodes | Casting |
| Art | Joe Alves | Art Direction |
| Sound | John R. Carter | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Del Armstrong | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Germaine | Hairstylist |
| Production | William S. Gilmore | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | James Fargo | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tom Joyner | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Bill Dietz | Property Master |
| Crew | Mike Fenton | Carpenter |
| Sound | Robert L. Hoyt | Sound |
| Sound | Dennis C. Salcedo | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Frank Brendel | Special Effects |
| Crew | Carey Loftin | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Max Balchowsky | Stunts |
| Crew | Ted Duncan | Stunts |
| Crew | Patty Elder | Stunts |
| Crew | Ted Grossman | Stunts |
| Crew | Dale Van Sickel | Stunts |
| Lighting | James O. Blair | Gaffer |
| Camera | John J. Connor | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Nick McLean | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Robert Moore | Key Grip |
| Crew | Al Perry | Generator Operator |
| Camera | Jack L. Richards | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Sven Walnum | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Ellsworth | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | James Gilmore | Costume Design |
| Editing | Jeff Gourson | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Toots Thielemans | Musician |
| Sound | John Williams | Conductor |
| Directing | Ulla Bourne | Script Supervisor |
| Production | William S. Gilmore | Production Executive |
| Crew | Roy D. Smith | Unit Publicist |
