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Straight Time (1978) is available to rent on Apple TV+. Also available to buy on Apple TV+.
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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.
The suffocating bureaucracy of the parole system turns a desperate attempt at reform into a claustrophobic trap. You will feel every ounce of his mounting frustration as legal technicalities tighten like a noose around a man trying to outrun his past.
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Director
Ulu Grosbard
Cast
Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh, Rita Taggart, Kathy Bates, Sandy Baron, Jake Busey, Peter Kwong
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Straight Time
Rent on Apple TV+ or buy on Apple TV+.
IMDb
7.1/10
RT Critics
82%
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Director
Ulu Grosbard
Cast
Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh, Rita Taggart, Kathy Bates, Sandy Baron, Jake Busey, Peter Kwong
4 options ranked by value · 🇺🇸 United States
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