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.
| Directing | Ulu Grosbard | Director |
| Writing | Edward Bunker | Novel |
| Writing | Alvin Sargent | Screenplay |
| Writing | Edward Bunker | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jeffrey Boam | Screenplay |
| Crew | Nancy Dowd | Additional Writing |
| Crew | Michael Mann | Additional Writing |
| Production | Stanley Beck | Producer |
| Production | Tim Zinnemann | Producer |
| Production | Gail Mutrux | Associate Producer |
| Production | Howard Pine | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Owen Roizman | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Sam O'Steen | Editor |
| Editing | Randy Roberts | Editor |
| Production | Dianne Crittenden | Casting |
| Art | Stephen B. Grimes | Production Design |
| Art | Dick Lawrence | Art Direction |
| Art | Marvin March | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vivienne Walker | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Westmoreland | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Jack Roe | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Everett Creach | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Sorin Serene Pricopie | Stunts |
| Crew | Alan Gibbs | Stunts |
| Crew | Victor Paul | Stunts |
| Crew | Dick Ziker | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Robert M. Stevens | Camera Operator |
| Directing | John Franco | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Larry Holt | Stunts |
| Sound | David Shire | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Barry Bedig | Property Master |
| Sound | John Caper Jr. | Music Editor |
| Production | Susan Leslie Battles | Production Coordinator |
| Sound | James E. Webb | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Richard Portman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
