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.
Goldie Hawn
as Lou Jean Poplin
Ben Johnson
as Captain Harlin Tanner
Michael Sacks
as Patrolman Maxwell Slide
William Atherton
as Clovis Michael Poplin
Gregory Walcott
as Patrolman Ernie Mashburn
Steve Kanaly
as Patrolman Jessup
Louise Latham
as Mrs. Looby
Harrison Zanuck
as Baby Langston Poplin
A.L. Camp
as Mr. Nocker
Jessie Lee Fulton
as Mrs. Nocker
Dean Smith
as Russ Berry
Ted Grossman
as Dietz
