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Dustin Hoffman in Straight Time

BBC One
on BBC One London

continues a season of films starring the renowned screen actor. Tonight with Theresa Russell
Gary Busey
Harry Dean Stanton
Dustin Hoffman excels in the roleofMaxDembo, an ex-con just released from a Calif orniaj ail after serving six years for armed robbery. Parole officer Earl Frank is determined to keep Max on a tight leash as he eases him back into society, but going straight is not as simple as it sounds. Soon Max finds himself returning to the Los Angeles underworld and on the run again....
Screenplay by ALVIN SARGENT
EDWARD BUNKER andJEFFREY BOAM Based on the novel No Beast So Fierce by EDWARD BUNKER Produced by STANLEY BECK and TIM ZINNEMANN
Directed by ULU GROSBARD
(Little Big Man on Friday at 10.20 pm)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Theresa Russell
Unknown:
Gary Busey
Unknown:
Harry Dean Stanton
Unknown:
Dustin Hoffman
Unknown:
Earl Frank
Unknown:
Alvin Sargent
Unknown:
Edward Bunker
Unknown:
Jeffrey Boam
Unknown:
Edward Bunker
Produced By:
Stanley Beck
Unknown:
Tim Zinnemann
Directed By:
Ulu Grosbard
Max Dembo:
Dustin Hoffman
Jenny Mercer:
Theresa Russell
Willy Darin:
Gary Busey
Jerry:
Harry Dean Stanton
Earl Frank:
M Emmet Walsh
Carol Schue:
Rita Taggart
Selma Darin:
Kathy Bates
Manny:
Sandy Baron
Henry Darin:
Jacob Busey
Source: Radio Times

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