Straight Time: 1978 When his efforts at rehabilitation are futile, a paroled Los Angeles ex-con named Max Dembo (Dustin Hoffman) becomes destined to repeat his criminal past, bedeviled by Earl Frank, his self-serving and venal parole officer played by M. Emmet Walsh. Co-starring Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Kathy Bates and Harry Dean Stanton. Screenplay by Jeffrey Boam, Alvin Sargent and Edward Bunker, from Bunker's novel No Beast So Fierce. Directed by Ulu Grosbard. Rated (R). 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Dustin Hoffman Hoffman with Ben Stiller in 2004s Meet the Fockers. ... Theresa Russell She was born Theresa Paup, 20 March 1957 San Diego, California, USA. Married Nicolas Roeg (1982 - Present) 2 children Movie Credits Empire Falls (2005) (mini) TV Series Blind Injustice (2005) (TV) Live to Ride (2005) The Box (2003/I) Save It for Later (2003) Love Comes Softly (2003... Gary Busey (born June 29, 1944 in Goose Creek, Texas) is an American film actor. ... Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American theatrical, film and television actress, and a television director. ... Harry Dean Stanton, from Anger Management. Harry Dean Stanton (born July 14, 1926 in West Irvine, Kentucky, USA) is an American actor. ... Alvin Sargent (born in 1931 in Pennsylvania) is a multiple award-winning American screenwriter. ... Edward Bunker (born December 31, 1933, died July 19, 2005, in Los Angeles, California) is an American author of crime fiction, screenwriter and an actor. ...