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Financials
Revenue: $12,800,000
Budget: $3,000,000
Profit: + $9,800,000
Movie Details
Tag Line: A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.
Status: Released
Average Rating: 7
Release Date: Apr 5, 1974
Rating:
Run Time: 1h 50m
Original Language: English
Website: -
Production Countries: United States of America
Production Companies: Universal Pictures , Zanuck/Brown Productions
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Synopsis
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.
Crew
Department | Role | Name |
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Sound | Original Music Composer |
John Williams
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Conductor |
John Williams
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Sound |
John R. Carter
Robert L. Hoyt
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Sound Recordist |
Dennis C. Salcedo
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Musician |
Toots Thielemans
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Directing | Director |
Steven Spielberg
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First Assistant Director |
James Fargo
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Second Assistant Director |
Tom Joyner
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Script Supervisor |
Ulla Bourne
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Writing | Story |
Steven Spielberg
Matthew Robbins
Hal Barwood
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Screenplay |
Matthew Robbins
Hal Barwood
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Production | Casting |
Mike Fenton
Shari Rhodes
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Producer |
Richard D. Zanuck
David Brown
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Unit Production Manager |
William S. Gilmore
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Production Executive |
William S. Gilmore
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Editing | Assistant Editor |
Jeff Gourson
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Editor |
Verna Fields
Edward M. Abroms
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Art | Art Direction |
Joe Alves
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Property Master |
Bill Dietz
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Crew | Stunts |
Ted Grossman
Dale Van Sickel
Ted Duncan
Max Balchowsky
Patty Elder
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Stunt Coordinator |
Carey Loftin
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Special Effects |
Frank Brendel
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Carpenter |
Mike Fenton
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Generator Operator |
Al Perry
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Unit Publicist |
Roy D. Smith
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Camera | Director of Photography |
Vilmos Zsigmond
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First Assistant Camera |
Nick McLean
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Assistant Camera |
John J. Connor
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Camera Operator |
Sven Walnum
Jack L. Richards
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Key Grip |
Robert Moore
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Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
Del Armstrong
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Hairstylist |
Susan Germaine
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Costume Design |
Robert Ellsworth
James Gilmore
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Lighting | Gaffer |
James O. Blair
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