Straight Time: When his efforts at rehabilitation are futile, a paroled ex-con becomes destined to repeat his criminal past. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell , Gary Busey, Kathy Bates, Harry Dean Stanton and M. Emmet Walsh. Screenplay by Jeffrey Boam , Alvin Sargent and Edward Bunker, from Bunker's novel No Beast So Fierce. Directed by Ulu Grosbard . Rated (R).