""Please God, don't let him get caught."" 18 March 1978 Drama, Crime 114 mins
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.
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Dustin Hoffman as Max Dembo
Theresa Russell as Jenny Mercer
Gary Busey as Willy Darin
Harry Dean Stanton as Jerry Schue
M. Emmet Walsh as Earl Frank
Rita Taggart as Carol Schue
Kathy Bates as Selma Darin
Sandy Baron as Manny
Jake Busey as Henry Darin
Peter Kwong as Grocery Clerk
Fran Ryan as Cafe Owner
Edward Bunker as Mickey
Tina Menard as Hotel Manager
Stephanie Ericsson as Bar Patron
Dave Kelly as Counterman
Don Sommese as Waiter
Ulu Grosbard Director
Edward Bunker Novel
Alvin Sargent Screenplay
Edward Bunker Screenplay
Jeffrey Boam Screenplay
Nancy Dowd Additional Writing
Michael Mann Additional Writing
Stanley Beck Producer
Tim Zinnemann Producer
Gail Mutrux Associate Producer
Howard Pine Executive Producer
Owen Roizman Director of Photography
Sam O'Steen Editor
Randy Roberts Editor
Dianne Crittenden Casting
Stephen B. Grimes Production Design
Stunde der Bewährung Trailer
Germany 21 September 1978
France 16 October 2012
Italy 21 April 1978
Japan 09 September 1978
Netherlands 23 January 2008
Sweden 18 March 1978
United States 17 March 1978
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David Shire's brilliant & catchy tune for Ulu Grosbard's 1978 film "Straight Time" with Dustin Hoffman. Best viewed in HQ.
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01 January 1978
The film tells the story of the suffering endured by a blind lover.
28 October 1978
Film distributed by ATG.
30 June 1978
Autumn, 1941. Tito's partisans are ordered to attack a railway network system used by the Germans, their Bulgarian allies and local collaborators.
01 January 1978
Captures the work of the British Rail Parcel Service, illustrating the story of five different consignments over a twenty-four hour period.
24 February 1978
The reason for making this film is clear: it was to cover up Vojtěch Jasný's famous chronicle "All the Good Natives", an account of the tragic consequences of forced collectivisation.
29 January 1978
A young woman whose baby died in childbirth refuses to believe it and has dreams that her child is still alive and in danger.
01 January 1978
The plot takes place in the revolutionary year of 1848. It takes us to Príbelice, where Janko Kráľ returns from Pest after the March Revolution, to acquaint the Slovak people with the famous Twelve Points, together with his friend, teacher Ján Rotarides.
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