Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin, two small-time criminals who are married, lose their child to the state of Texas and vow to do whatever it takes to get him back. In addition to kidnapping a highway patrolman, Lou-Jean frees Clovis from prison and abducts their son from his foster home. As a vast dragnet begins to pursue them throughout Texas, the pair becomes improbable folk heroes and begins to develop a rapport with the captured officer.
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Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin, two small-time criminals who are married, lose their child to the state of Texas and vow to do whatever it takes to get him back. In addition to kidnapping a highway patrolman, Lou-Jean frees Clovis from prison and abducts their son from his foster home. As a vast dragnet begins to pursue them throughout Texas, the pair becomes improbable folk heroes and begins to develop a rapport with the captured officer.
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