Straight Time

Straight Time
Theatrical release poster
Directed byUlu Grosbard
Screenplay byAlvin Sargent
Edward Bunker
Jeffrey Boam
Based onNo Beast So Fierce
by Edward Bunker
Produced byStanley Beck
Tim Zinnemann
Starring
CinematographyOwen Roizman
Edited bySam O'Steen
Randy Roberts
Music byDavid Shire
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • March 17, 1978 (1978-03-17) (U.S.)[1][2]
Running time
114 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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.

  1. ^ "WB's 'Straight Time' Set To Bow in NYC March 17". BoxOffice. March 13, 1978. 13.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference champlin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Straight Time". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  4. ^ Arnett 2020, p. 63.

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