Straight Time
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| Straight Time | |
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| Directed by | Ulu Grosbard |
| Produced by | Stanley Beck Dustin Hoffman Tim Zinnemann |
| Starring | Dustin Hoffman Theresa Russell Gary Busey Harry Dean Stanton M. Emmet Walsh Kathy Bates |
| Music by | David Shire |
| Editing by | Sam O'Steen |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | March 18, 1978 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 114 min. |
| Language | English |
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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.
[edit] Plot Summary
When his efforts at rehabilitation fail, paroled Los Angeles ex-con Max Dembo (Dustin Hoffman) becomes destined to repeat his criminal past.
[edit] 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[citation needed].
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