Straight Time

"Please God, don't let him get caught."

Sinopse

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.

7.1
1978
Released
1h 54m

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

Tina Menard

Stephanie Ericsson

Dave Kelly

Don Sommese

Kit Jee Wong

Jane Howard

Bob Jarvis

Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$4,000,000.00

Revenue

$9,900,000.00

Keywords

#prison
#robbery
#police
#murder
#los angeles, california
#drugs
#bank robbery
#parole officer
#beverly hills
#parolee
#jewel robbery

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Reviews

@John Chardover 9 years ago

I got stomach trouble... no guts. Based on ex-convict Eddie Bunker's novel, No Beast So Fierce, pic pitches Dustin Hoffman as ex-con Max Dembo, who after being released from prison has every intention to go straight. Easier said than done, though... It's hard to believe that Straight Time is often thought of as under seen, a hidden gem of the 1970s, this given that it stars Dustin Hoffman an