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 | Richard D. Zanuck | Producer |
| Editing | Edward M. Abroms | Editor |
| Editing | Verna Fields | Editor |
| Production | Shari Rhodes | Casting |
| Sound | John Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Hal Barwood | Screenplay |
| Art | Joe Alves | Art Direction |
| Writing | Steven Spielberg | Story |
| Writing | Matthew Robbins | Screenplay |
| Camera | Vilmos Zsigmond | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Hal Barwood | Story |
| Directing | Steven Spielberg | Director |
| Writing | Matthew Robbins | Story |
| Production | Mike Fenton | Casting |
| Production | David Brown | Producer |
| Sound | John R. Carter | Sound |
| Production | William S. Gilmore | Unit Production Manager |
| Crew | Ted Duncan | Stunts |
| Camera | Robert Moore | Key Grip |
| Crew | Carey Loftin | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | John J. Connor | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Ulla Bourne | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Mike Fenton | Carpenter |
| Crew | Patty Elder | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Ellsworth | Costume Design |
| Editing | Jeff Gourson | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Toots Thielemans | Musician |
| Sound | Dennis C. Salcedo | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Del Armstrong | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Sven Walnum | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | James O. Blair | Gaffer |
| Camera | Nick McLean | First Assistant Camera |
| Art | Bill Dietz | Property Master |
| Crew | Al Perry | Generator Operator |
| Crew | Frank Brendel | Special Effects |
| Crew | Dale Van Sickel | Stunts |
| Production | William S. Gilmore | Production Executive |
| Sound | Robert L. Hoyt | Sound |
| Directing | James Fargo | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tom Joyner | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Max Balchowsky | Stunts |
| Crew | Ted Grossman | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | James Gilmore | Costume Design |
| Sound | John Williams | Conductor |
| Crew | Roy D. Smith | Unit Publicist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Germaine | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Jack L. Richards | Camera Operator |
