Na vervroegd te zijn vrijgelaten probeert een dief om op het rechte pad te blijven en een baan te zoeken. Hij zit echter alweer snel in de gevangenis (buiten zijn schuld) door een fanatieke, op macht beluste politieagent.
Nee, helaas is Straight Time nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Jeffrey Boam | Screenplay |
| Directing | Ulu Grosbard | Director |
| Writing | Alvin Sargent | Screenplay |
| Writing | Edward Bunker | Novel |
| Writing | Edward Bunker | Screenplay |
| Crew | Michael Mann | Additional Writing |
| Crew | Nancy Dowd | Additional Writing |
| Directing | Jack Roe | Assistant Director |
| Production | Gail Mutrux | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Westmoreland | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Tim Zinnemann | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vivienne Walker | Hairstylist |
| Editing | Sam O'Steen | Editor |
| Crew | Sorin Serene Pricopie | Stunts |
| Art | Marvin March | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Randy Roberts | Editor |
| Camera | Robert M. Stevens | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Alan Gibbs | Stunts |
| Crew | Victor Paul | Stunts |
| Directing | John Franco | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Dick Ziker | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Stanley Beck | Producer |
| Art | Stephen B. Grimes | Production Design |
| Production | Howard Pine | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Owen Roizman | Director of Photography |
| Production | Dianne Crittenden | Casting |
| Art | Dick Lawrence | Art Direction |
| Crew | Everett Creach | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Larry Holt | Stunts |
| Sound | David Shire | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | James E. Webb | Production Sound Mixer |
| Production | Susan Leslie Battles | Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Richard Portman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Barry Bedig | Property Master |
| Sound | John Caper Jr. | Music Editor |
