Lou-Jean, een blonde vrouw, vertelt haar man, die in de gevangenis zit, dat hij moet ontsnappen. Ze beraden het plan om hun eigen kind te kidnappen, die in huis woont bij een pleeggezin. De ontsnapping is succesvol, maar tijdens hun ontsnapping worden ze door Texas heen achtervolgd door het politiekorps.
Nee, helaas is The Sugarland Express nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Shari Rhodes | Casting |
| Editing | Edward M. Abroms | Editor |
| Art | Joe Alves | Art Direction |
| Production | Mike Fenton | Casting |
| Directing | Steven Spielberg | Director |
| Production | David Brown | Producer |
| Writing | Hal Barwood | Screenplay |
| Sound | John Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Matthew Robbins | Story |
| Production | Richard D. Zanuck | Producer |
| Editing | Verna Fields | Editor |
| Writing | Hal Barwood | Story |
| Camera | Vilmos Zsigmond | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Steven Spielberg | Story |
| Writing | Matthew Robbins | Screenplay |
| Sound | John R. Carter | Sound |
| Crew | Dale Van Sickel | Stunts |
| Camera | Nick McLean | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Sven Walnum | Camera Operator |
| Production | William S. Gilmore | Production Executive |
| Sound | Dennis C. Salcedo | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | John J. Connor | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | James Gilmore | Costume Design |
| Camera | Jack L. Richards | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Ellsworth | Costume Design |
| Sound | Robert L. Hoyt | Sound |
| Crew | Ted Duncan | Stunts |
| Directing | James Fargo | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Del Armstrong | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Bill Dietz | Property Master |
| Crew | Max Balchowsky | Stunts |
| Crew | Patty Elder | Stunts |
| Directing | Tom Joyner | Second Assistant Director |
| Editing | Jeff Gourson | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Germaine | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Mike Fenton | Carpenter |
| Crew | Carey Loftin | Stunt Coordinator |
| Directing | Ulla Bourne | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Frank Brendel | Special Effects |
| Crew | Ted Grossman | Stunts |
| Camera | Robert Moore | Key Grip |
| Sound | Toots Thielemans | Musician |
| Sound | John Williams | Conductor |
| Lighting | James O. Blair | Gaffer |
| Crew | Roy D. Smith | Unit Publicist |
| Production | William S. Gilmore | Unit Production Manager |
| Crew | Al Perry | Generator Operator |
