Straight Time
“"Please God, don't let him get caught."”
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.
Genres
Crime, Drama
Studio
First Artists
Language
en
Status
Released
How Straight Time performed
Budget
$4.0M
Worldwide Gross
$9.9M
Gross Profit
$5.9M
Return
2.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Max Dembo
Dustin Hoffman
Max Dembo
Jenny Mercer
Theresa Russell
Jenny Mercer
Willy Darin
Gary Busey
Willy Darin
Jerry Schue
Harry Dean Stanton
Jerry Schue
Earl Frank
M. Emmet Walsh
Earl Frank
Carol Schue
Rita Taggart
Carol Schue
Selma Darin
Kathy Bates
Selma Darin
Manny
Sandy Baron
Manny
Henry Darin
Jake Busey
Henry Darin
Grocery Clerk
Peter Kwong
Grocery Clerk
Cafe Owner
Fran Ryan
Cafe Owner
Mickey
Edward Bunker
Mickey
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