# Straight Time (1978)

> A newly paroled career criminal's fragile attempt at an honest life collapses under institutional pressure, old loyalties, and his own hard-wired defiance.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/13872

## Facts

- Runtime: 114 min
- Genres: Crime, Drama
- Director: Ulu Grosbard
- Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh, Rita Taggart, Kathy Bates, Sandy Baron
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078326/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: gritty, fatalistic, tense, serious movie night, 1970s cinema marathon

## Synopsis

A man struggles to leave his criminal past behind, but the system makes it nearly impossible.

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- [Blue Collar (1978)](https://ember.film/movie/8834)
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- [Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)](https://ember.film/movie/23658)
- [Two Men in Town (1973)](https://ember.film/movie/2694)
- [The Woodsman (2004)](https://ember.film/movie/4862)

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