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Straight Time (1978)
Directed by Ulu Grosbard
“"Please God, don't let him get caught."”
Crime, Drama · 1h 54m
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.
Cast
Dustin Hoffman
Theresa Russell
Gary Busey
Harry Dean Stanton
M. Emmet Walsh
Rita Taggart
Kathy Bates
Sandy Baron
Jake Busey
Peter Kwong
Fran Ryan
Edward Bunker
Crew
- Director
- Ulu Grosbard
- Screenplay
- Jeffrey Boam, Edward Bunker, Alvin Sargent, Michael Mann
- Novel
- Edward Bunker
- Director of Photography
- Owen Roizman
- Original Music Composer
- David Shire
- Editor
- Sam O'Steen, Randy Roberts
- Producer
- Tim Zinnemann, Stanley Beck
Details
- Release date
- 1978-03-18
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Cantonese, English, Spanish
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- First Artists, Sweetwall, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget
- $4,000,000
- Box office
- $9,900,000