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Where was Straight Time filmed?

1978 film, directed by Ulu Grosbard.

  • Santa Monica

The story is set in Los Angeles, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Los Angeles
Filmed in
Santa Monica

About Straight Time

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Released
1978
Director
Ulu Grosbard
Cast
Harry Dean StantonGary BuseyTheresa RussellM. Emmet WalshKathy BatesSandy BaronEdward BunkerJake Busey
Genre
CrimeDrama
Based on
No Beast So Fierce

The story

Convict Max Dembo, a career criminal, is released from prison after six years and returns home to Los Angeles, where he reports to parole officer Earl Frank.

Flirting with Jenny, Max invites her to dinner, which she accepts.

Although Max has no track marks or other signs of drug abuse, Earl handcuffs him and he is taken to the Los Angeles County Jail for drug tests.

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