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Released
1978 · FILM

Straight Time

“"Please God, don't let him get caught."”

Directed by
Ulu Grosbard
Written by
Edward Bunker, Alvin Sargent
Runtime
114 min
CrimeDrama
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

A burglar, released on parole, tries to turn his life around by finding legitimate work and adhering to the law. However, he is soon re-arrested by a corrupt and power-hungry parole officer.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 22

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Sam O SteenShot by Owen RoizmanScored by David ShireDesigned by Stephen B Grimes

Box Office

1978 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.5× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$9.9M

Budget$4.0M
Worldwide gross$9.9M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Stunde der Bewährungde
  • Libertad condicionales
  • Le Récidivistefr
  • Vigilato specialeit

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