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Straight Time (1978)
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Overview
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Release Date:
21 July 1978 (Denmark)
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Tagline:
"Please God, don't let him get caught." more
Plot:
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules...
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Parole
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Parole Officer
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Jail
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Heist
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Bank Robbery
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(5 articles)
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Quite Good
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dustin Hoffman | ... | Max Dembo |
 | Theresa Russell | ... | Jenny Mercer |
 | Gary Busey | ... | Willy Darin |
 | Harry Dean Stanton | ... | Jerry Schue |
 | M. Emmet Walsh | ... | Earl Frank |
 | Rita Taggart | ... | Carol Schue |
 | Kathy Bates | ... | Selma Darin |
| Sandy Baron | ... | Manny |
 | Jake Busey | ... | Henry Darin (as Jacob Busey) |
| Tina Menard | ... | Hotel Manager |
| Stephanie Ericson-Baron | ... | Bar Patron |
| Dave Kelly | ... | Counterman |
| Don Sommese | ... | Waiter |
| Kit Jee Wong | ... | Grocer |
 | Peter Kwong | ... | Grocery Clerk |
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114 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
France:-12 |
Germany:12 (re-rating) (2007) |
West Germany:16 (original rating) |
UK:18 |
Singapore:M18 |
Canada:14+ |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:16 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:R |
Canada:R
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Cameo: [Edward Bunker]wrote the novel on which the film is based after spending time in prison for armed robbery.
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Goofs:
Continuity: There's a mark on the inside of Max's motel room door in one scene, then the next scene there is no mark (this is because, according to the commentary, they redid the motel room in a studio for night shots).
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Soundtrack:
Two of Us
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Straight Time (1978)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| STANTON AND WALSH { enough said} | rovert_g |
| The Book. | kitie7 |
| Opening Titles Font?? | papsout |
| Similar Movies. | kitie7 |
| Remake? | blabber2317 |
| Last line of the movie? | llegallo14 |
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This movie creeps up on you, gets a kind of emotional hold on you and digs in through the end. Really, a terrific 70s style film (should have been made in 1973). Dustin Hoffman is outstanding. He gives an understated performance that fits the atmosphere of the movie, the story and himself perfectly. It is one of his best performances. Theresa Russell, and Harry Dean Stanton also deliver excellent performances. A very good example of how story, and acting that is true to the story, matter so much in making a good film. Urls Grosbard does a good job of establishing the mood of the film and carrying it all the way through, without hitting you over the head with unnecessarily forced dialog or drawn-out action sequences, etc.