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Straight time [videorecording] / Warner Bros. ; First Artists presents a Sweetwall production ; produced by Stanley Beck and Tim Zinnemann ; screenplay by Alvin Sargent, Jeffrey Boam, Edward Bunker ; directed by Ulu Grosbard.

Contributor(s): Beck, Stanley, 1936- | Zinnemann, Tim | Grosbard, Ulu | Hoffman, Dustin, 1937- | Russell, Theresa, 1957- | Bunker, Edward,œd1933-2005. No beast so fierce | First Artists (Firm) | Sweetwall (Firm).
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007]Description: 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.Subject(s): Ex-convicts -- Drama | Recidivists -- Drama | Feature filmsDDC classification: 791.4372
Production Credits: Director of photography, Owen Roizman ; editors, Sam O'Steen, Randy Roberts ; music, David Shire ; costume designer, Bernie Pollack ; production designer, Stephen B. Grimes
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh, Rita Taggart, Kathy Bates, Sandy Baron, Jacob BuseySummary: A paroled burglar tries to get a job and keep on the straight-and-narrow. His hard-core parole officer has different ideas and sends him back to jail. When he gets out again, he goes after the parole officer, steals his car, and returns to crime.
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791.4372 STR 2007 (Browse shelf) DVD Video 1 Available SLASx,05000,01,GR 1000148047

Based on the novel "No beast so fierce" by Edward Bunker.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1978.

Director of photography, Owen Roizman ; editors, Sam O'Steen, Randy Roberts ; music, David Shire ; costume designer, Bernie Pollack ; production designer, Stephen B. Grimes

Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh, Rita Taggart, Kathy Bates, Sandy Baron, Jacob Busey

A paroled burglar tries to get a job and keep on the straight-and-narrow. His hard-core parole officer has different ideas and sends him back to jail. When he gets out again, he goes after the parole officer, steals his car, and returns to crime.

DVD.