Straight Time

Straight Time

Infobox Film | name =Straight Time


caption =Theatrical release poster
director = Ulu Grosbard
producer = Stanley Beck
Dustin Hoffman
Tim Zinnemann
writer =
starring =Dustin Hoffman
Theresa Russell
Gary Busey
Harry Dean Stanton
M. Emmet Walsh
Kathy Bates
music = David Shire
cinematography =
editing = Sam O'Steen
distributor = Warner Bros.
released = March 18, 1978 (U.S. release)
runtime = 114 min.
language = English
budget =
amg_id = 1:47160~T0
imdb_id = 0078326

"Straight Time" is a 1978 film directed by Ulu Grosbard, starring Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh, and Kathy Bates.

Plot Summary

When his efforts at rehabilitation fail, paroled Los Angeles ex-con Max Dembo (Dustin Hoffman) becomes destined to repeat his criminal past.

Production

The screenplay was written by Jeffrey Boam, Alvin Sargent and Edward Bunker, from Bunker's novel "No Beast So Fierce".

Michael Mann also contributed to the screenplay but was uncredited upon the film's release. The novel later served as a source of reference for the character Neil McCauley in Mann's 1995 film "Heat"fact|date=September 2007.


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