Harvey Christiansen

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.

The Chicken Ranch, a famed brothel, has been a staple of Texas history for nearly a millennium, but media watchdog Melvin P. Thorpe has set his sights on shutting it down. It's up to the madam, Mona Stangley, and the local sheriff, Ed Earl Dodd, to stop him!

It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his girlfriend and give up his football career?