Straight Time

Straight Time
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	Dustin Hoffman; Harry Dean Stanton; Gary Busey; Theresa Russell; M. Emmet Walsh; Kathy Bates;
Cinematography	Owen Roizman
Edited by	Sam O'Steen; Randy Roberts
Music by	David Shire
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	First Artists
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	March 17, 1978 (U.S.);
Running time	114 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$10 million

Straight Time is a 1978 American neo-noir crime drama film 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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