Straight Time (1978)

Released March 17th in the US.

Filmed in California.

The story: Max has just got paroled after serving six years for armed robbery.

His parol officer orders that Max stay in a monitored setting but Max decides to get a hotel room instead.

When speaking to the parole officer the next day Max convinces him to let him stay wherever he wants, promising to get a job by the end of the week.

After doing so and meeting a girl, Max is finally on the right track.

But when his parole officer visits with him unexpectedly, he holds against Max something that had nothing to do with him.

Now Max is pissed. He lost his job and has decided to just go back to the life of crime he has always known.

Stars  Dustin Hoffman, Gary Busey , M Emmet Walsh, Jake Busey, Kathy Bates, Harry Dean Stanton, Theresa Russell, Rita Taggert, Sandy Baron, Tina Menard, Dave Kelly, Fran Ryan, Bob Jarvis

Directed by Ulu Grosbard and Dustin Hoffman

Rated R
DRAMA/THRILLER