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Straight Time
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
1978 · Directed by Ulu Grosbard · 114 min · Crime · Drama · 56 frames
Tagline
"Please God, don't let him get caught."
Crew
- Screenplay: Alvin Sargent, Edward Bunker, Jeffrey Boam, Michael Mann
- Cinematography: Owen Roizman
- Edited by: Sam O'Steen, Randy Roberts
- Music: David Shire
- Production design: Stephen B. Grimes
- Produced by: Stanley Beck, Tim Zinnemann
Cast
- Dustin Hoffman as Max Dembo
- Theresa Russell as Jenny Mercer
- Gary Busey as Willy Darin
- Harry Dean Stanton as Jerry Schue
- M. Emmet Walsh as Earl Frank
- Rita Taggart as Carol Schue
- Kathy Bates as Selma Darin
- Sandy Baron as Manny
- Jake Busey as Henry Darin
- Peter Kwong as Grocery Clerk
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: Cantonese, English, Spanish
- Studios: First Artists, Sweetwall, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $4,000,000
- Box office: $9,900,000
- Themes: prison, robbery, police, murder, los angeles, california, drugs, bank robbery, parole officer, beverly hills, parolee
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