Straight Time (1978)

Directors

Dustin Hoffman, Ulu Grosbard

Cast

Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh, Rita Taggart, Kathy Bates

The story

Max Dembo, a lifelong thief in Los Angeles, is released from a six-year stint in prison and forced to report to a boorish and condescending parole officer, Earl Frank. One of the conditions of parole is that Max find a job. At the employment agency, he meets young Jenny Mercer, a newly hired secretary who helps him land scale-wage work at a can factory.

Genres

Film metadata comes from the open sources listed in Credits & Contact. Catalogue details may be incomplete.

Your lists

Loading your lists…