Somehow STRAIGHT TIME is one of the least known movies of the '70s despite the fact that it features a brilliant performance by Dustin Hoffman. He's extremely believable as a con on probation trying --- not very hard --- to go straight. His probation officer, M. Emmett Walsh, is not much help...he'd like nothing better than to get Hoffman back in the joint. Ulu Grosbard's low key direction hampers things a bit, but the cast is excellent. In addition to Hoffman and Walsh, the film features Kathy Bates, Theresa Russell as a sympathetic placement specialist and Harry Dean Stanton as one of Hoffman's cronies. Gary Busey appears as the "nervous getaway!"
Review of Straight Time
