| Straight Time | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Ulu Grosbard |
| Screenplay by | Alvin Sargent Edward Bunker Jeffrey Boam |
| Based on | No Beast So Fierce by Edward Bunker |
| Produced by | Stanley Beck Tim Zinnemann |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Owen Roizman |
| Edited by | Sam O'Steen Randy Roberts |
| Music by | David Shire |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date | |
Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $10 million[3] |
Straight Time is a 1978 American neo-noir crime drama film[4] 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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- ^ Arnett 2020, p. 63.