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