Straight Time

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Straight Time (1978)

R 03/18/1978 (US) Crime, Drama 1h 54m

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

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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.

Edward Bunker

Novel, Screenplay
Ulu Grosbard

Director
Alvin Sargent

Screenplay
Jeffrey Boam

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Dustin Hoffman

Max Dembo
Theresa Russell

Jenny Mercer
Gary Busey

Willy Darin
Harry Dean Stanton

Jerry Schue
M. Emmet Walsh

Earl Frank
Rita Taggart

Carol Schue
Kathy Bates

Selma Darin
Sandy Baron

Manny
Jake Busey

Henry Darin
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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 and the advent of the internet years has seen it garner votes and reviews aplenty. Yet it does seem to be a pic that doesn't get its due credit, annoying since it's one of Hoffman's greatest performances... read the rest.

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