Straight Time

Paroled criminal Max Dembo is compelled to withstand the calculated cruelties of parole officer Earl Frank. The more Max tries to go straight, the more he is defeated by circumstance. It eventually becomes clear that neither Hoffman nor his fellow ex-cons will be able to survive looking for legitimate work., A newly paroled con is destined to repeat his criminal ways, even as he tries to go straight. A newly paroled con is destined to repeat his criminal ways, even as he tries to go straight., A newly paroled con is destined to repeat his criminal ways, even as he tries to go straight., Gripping and unmissable. A professional thief (Dustin Hoffman) is forced back into a life of crime by a corrupt parole officer and his old friends., Dustin Hoffman as a newly paroled con destined to repeat the past., Ex-con Max finds a flat, gets a job and meets a girl after leaving prison. But his parole officer Earl doesn’t like him and keeps looking for the chance to bust Max again., Gripping, disturbing and unmissable. A professional thief (Dustin Hoffman) is forced back into a life of crime by a corrupt parole officer and his old friends., Unglamorised, carefully researched portrait of a professional thief who is unable to live a life free from crime. After clashing with his sadistic parole officer, he visits an employment agency and gets a poorly-paid job at a canning factory. However, he starts to associate again with his old criminal friends, and soon reverts to armed robbery, dragging with him a sympathetic female employee of the employment agency., Unglamorised, carefully researched portrait of a professional thief who is unable to live a life free from crime. After clashing with his sadistic parole officer, he visits an employment agency and gets a poorly-paid job at a canning factory. However, he starts to associate again with his old criminal friends, and soon reverts to armed robbery, dragging with him a sympathetic female employee of the employment agency