Editing Straight Time (section)

{{Short description|1978 American crime film}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Straight Time
| image          = Straight time.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Ulu Grosbard]]
| producer       = {{unbulleted list|[[Stanley Beck]]|[[Tim Zinnemann]]}}
| screenplay     = {{unbulleted list|[[Alvin Sargent]]|[[Edward Bunker]]|[[Jeffrey Boam]]}}
| based_on       = {{based on|''No Beast So Fierce''|Edward Bunker}}
| starring       = <!--Per theatrical poster-->{{Plainlist|
* [[Dustin Hoffman]]
* [[Harry Dean Stanton]]
* [[Gary Busey]]
}}
| music          = [[David Shire]]
| cinematography = [[Owen Roizman]]
| editing        = {{unbulleted list|[[Sam O'Steen]]|Randy Roberts}}
| studio         = [[First Artists]]
| distributor    = [[Warner Bros.]]
| released       = {{Film date|1978|03|17|U.S.|ref1=<ref>{{cite news|title=WB's 'Straight Time' Set To Bow in NYC March 17|work=[[BoxOffice (magazine)|BoxOffice]]|date=March 13, 1978|p=13}}</ref><ref name="champlin" />}}
| runtime        = 114 minutes
| country        = United States 
| language       = English
| budget         = $3.5 million{{sfn|Lenburg|2001|p=123}}–$4 million<ref name=Saito>{{cite web|work=[[Première (magazine)|Premiere.com]]|url=https://moveablefest.com/straight-time-ulu-grosbard-reunion/|title=Flashback: Dustin Hoffman, Ulu Grosbard Reflect on Walking Outside the Lines With “Straight Time”|last=Saito|first=Stephen|date=June 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202092640/https://moveablefest.com/straight-time-ulu-grosbard-reunion/|archive-date=December 2, 2020|url-status=live|via=MoveableFest.com}}</ref>
| gross          = $10 million<ref name=BOM>{{cite web |work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126062151/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl343049729/|archive-date=January 26, 2025|url-status=live |title= Straight Time |url= http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=straighttime.htm}}</ref>
}}

'''''Straight Time''''' is a 1978 American [[neo-noir]] [[crime drama]] film{{sfn|Arnett|2020|p=63}} directed by [[Ulu Grosbard]] and starring [[Dustin Hoffman]], [[Theresa Russell]], [[Gary Busey]], [[Harry Dean Stanton]], [[M. Emmet Walsh]], and [[Kathy Bates]]. Its plot follows a lifelong thief in [[Los Angeles]] who struggles to assimilate in society after serving a six-year prison sentence. The film is based on the novel ''No Beast So Fierce'' by [[Edward Bunker]], who also acts in the film.

In addition to starring, Hoffman was originally hired as the film's director, but was replaced by Grosbard after completing a day of shooting. Principal photography took place in California in 1977, with shooting occurring in Los Angeles, Sacramento, and several locations in the [[Inland Empire]].

[[Warner Bros.]] released ''Straight Time'' on March 17, 1978. The film grossed $10 million at the United States box office, and received largely favorable reviews. In 2003, ''The New York Times'' placed the film on its ''Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made'' list.<ref name=NYBest/>