Straight time / Warner Bros. ; First Artists presents a Sweetwall production ; produced by Stanley Beck and Tim Zinnemann ; screenplay by Alvin Sargent, Jeffrey Boam, Edward Bunker ; directed by Ulu Grosbard.

A paroled burglar tries to get a job and keep on the straight-and-narrow. His hard-core parole officer has different ideas and sends him back to jail. When he gets out again, he goes after the parole officer, steals his car, and returns to crime.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: First Artists (Firm)
Sweetwall (Firm)
Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
Other Authors: Beck, Stanley, 1936- (Producer)
Grosbard, Ulu (Director)
Zinnemann, Tim (Producer)
Sargent, Alvin (Screenwriter)
Boam, Jeffrey (Screenwriter)
Bunker, Edward, 1933-2005 (Screenwriter)
Hoffman, Dustin, 1937- (Actor)
Russell, Theresa, 1957- (Actor)
Stanton, Harry Dean, 1926-2017 (Actor)
Busey, Gary (Actor)
Walsh, M. Emmet, 1935-2024 (Actor)
Taggart, Rita, 1949- (Actor)
Bates, Kathy, 1948- (Actor)
Baron, Sandy, 1936-2001 (Actor)
Busey, Jake (Actor)
Language:English
French
Chinese
Portuguese
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English or French dialogue, English, French, Portuguese or Chinese subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007]
Edition:Widescreen.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Bunker, Edward, > 1933-2005 > Film adaptations.
Ex-convicts > Drama.
Recidivists > Drama.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Drama.
Delitos > Estados Unidos > Teatro.
Libertad condicional > Estados Unidos > Teatro.
Feature films > United States.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Bunker, Edward, > 1933-2005.
Ex-convicts.
Recidivists.
California > Los Angeles.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Teatro.
Feature films
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
A paroled burglar tries to get a job and keep on the straight-and-narrow. His hard-core parole officer has different ideas and sends him back to jail. When he gets out again, he goes after the parole officer, steals his car, and returns to crime.
Note:Based on the novel "No beast so fierce" by Edward Bunker.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1978.
Special features include commentary by Dustin Hoffman and Ulu Grosbard, vintage featurette, Straight time: He wrote it for criminals, theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CQ6 D0083141 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
ISBN:1419824317
9781419824319
Credits:Director of photography, Owen Roizman ; editors, Sam O'Steen, Randy Roberts ; music, David Shire ; costume designer, Bernie Pollack ; production designer, Stephen B. Grimes.
System Details:DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 1.0 mono., DVD-9, dual-layer.
Cast:
Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh, Rita Taggart, Kathy Bates, Sandy Baron, Jacob Busey.