خلاصه داستان : "لو جین" به همسر زندانی خود می گوید که فرار کند.آنها قصد دارند پسر خود را که تحت سرپرستی خانواده ی دیگری است بربایند.فرار به موفقیت انجام می شود اما در میانه راه یک پلیس را به گروگان می گیرند و...

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.