Straight Time(Movie, 1978)

Name: Straight Time
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1978
Duration: T01:54:00
Rating: 3.6

1h 54min | Genres: Crime, Drama

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 67 votes)

Straight Time is a 1978 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by Ulu Grosbard and starring Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh and Kathy Bates. Its plot follows a lifelong thief in Los Angeles who struggles to assimilate in society after serving a six-year prison sentence. The film is based on the novel No Beast So Fierce by Edward Bunker, who also acts in the film. ()

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About 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.

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Trailer for Straight Time + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Straight Time (1978) Original Trailer [FHD](Trailer, 1:46)

Straight Time (1978) Original Trailer [FHD] (Trailer) | Trailer 1 (Trailer) | Trailers From Hell (Featurette)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Santa Monica (California)

Plays in: Los Angeles (California)

Based on: "No Beast So Fierce" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: First Artists, Sweetwall

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: Chinese (Cantonese) (CN), English (EN), Spanish (ES)

Translated into 17 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 03/18/1978

Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Harry Dean Stanton, Gary Busey, Theresa Russell, M. Emmet Walsh, Kathy Bates, Sandy Baron, Edward Bunker, Jake Busey

Director: Ulu Grosbard

Producer: Stanley Beck, Tim Zinnemann

Screenwriter: Alvin Sargent, Edward Bunker, Jeffrey Boam, Nancy Dowd, Michael Mann

Film Editor: Sam O'Steen

Director of Photography: Owen Roizman

Composer: David Shire

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Stunde der Bewährung"

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

Revenue: 9,900,000 USD

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Straight Time(Movie, 1978)

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