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 HBO Max.
| 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 |
