Straight Time

After being released on parole, a burglar named Max Dembo (Dustin Hoffman) 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, Earl Frank. Max struggles to assimilate in society, and things get worse when he's forced to report to a boorish parole officer, who pressures him to name the user of a book of matches.