After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.

• First Artists
• Sweetwall
• Dustin Hoffman
• Theresa Russell
• Gary Busey
• Harry Dean Stanton
• M. Emmet Walsh
• Rita Taggart
• Kathy Bates
• Sandy Baron