The Sugarland Express Page #6

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I can see you had it planned!

- You're wrong.

- Don't say you didn't!

- You get us goin'!

- Ma'am, we're out of gas.

There's no fillin' station

anywhere nears here.

Now, why don't you surrender yourselves

and this thing'll end peaceable.

(echoes) Captain Tanner? This is...

You're on the outside speaker.

Captain Tanner, this is Clovis Poplin

speakin'. I wanna talk to you.

(bell rings)

(# "You're Letting Me Go")

- Oh, they give Gold Stamps. I want some.

- Lou Jean, you don't need no stamps.

- Fill 'er up?

- Ethyl.

That oil needs checkin'.

- Honey? Honey?

- What?

If you wanna run do somethin',

now'll be the time.

No, not me.

I know you. Run and do what you have to.

I don't have anything to do!

Shall we go, if you please?

All right.

How are y'all today?

You want me to check that oil?

Oil's OK.

(Lou Jean whispers)

Tell him I want Gold Stamps.

(Clovis) He's comin'. Be quiet.

That'll be $7.90, please, sir.

What in the world

is going on around here?

- I'm sorry, we can't accept these here.

- Better talk to the captain.

Captain who? The captain?

Wait! Come back here!

Hold it!

Hold it, hold it!

Hold on just a minute!

This ain't no contract station.

We can't accept your Green Card.

- Talk to the captain.

- You the captain?

We can't accept

them credit cards here.

Hey, are you the captain? And if you ain't,

would you please tell me where he is?

- Your name, sir.

- Oh, uh...

Fred Mengers. Fred Mengers.

I own this station right here.

Do you know you just served gas

to an escaped felon?

- Oh, you mean in that police car?

- Yes, sir.

I sure did, yes, sir.

I'm from right here in Killdeer,

and I seen the whole thing happen.

(tires squeal)

- There.

- (news) The fugitives have been identified

as Clovis Michael Poplin,

25, a convict from Crowley,

and Lou Jean Sparrow Poplin, 25,

an unemployed beautician from Sayers.

The patrolman's name

has not been released

pending notification of next of kin.

The hijackers stated

to Captain Harlin Tanner

that their purpose was to protest

the action of the Child Welfare Board

which last week refused to return custody

of their son to Mrs. Poplin,

who has a criminal record.

The boy has been living

with foster parents in Sugarland.

The KKOK mobile command unit

is on its way for a live report.

This has been a KKOK news KO.

(commercial) This is the big country.

It's great country.

But sometimes it can get

mighty hot and dry.

Out here, men grow

the mightiest thirsts on earth,

and it takes a lot to cut it.

That's why Lone Star

is one of the world's finest...

What they're saying is I'm an unfit mother.

- You broke out of pre-release?

- Shut up and mind your own business!

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