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Straw Dogs
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate.
1971 · Directed by Sam Peckinpah · 116 min · Thriller · Drama · Crime · 20 frames
Tagline
In the Face of Every Coward Burns a Straw Dog.
Crew
- Screenplay: David Zelag Goodman, Sam Peckinpah
- Cinematography: John Coquillon
- Edited by: Tony Lawson, Roger Spottiswoode, Paul Davies
- Music: Jerry Fielding
- Production design: Ray Simm
- Produced by: Daniel Melnick
Cast
- Dustin Hoffman as David Sumner
- Susan George as Amy
- Peter Vaughan as Tom Hedden
- T. P. McKenna as Maj. John Scott
- Del Henney as Charlie Venner
- Jim Norton as Chris Cawsey
- Donald Webster as Riddaway
- Ken Hutchison as Norman Scutt
- Len Jones as Bobby Hedden
- Sally Thomsett as Janice Hedden
Production
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Studios: ABC Pictures, Talent Associates, Amerbroco Films
- Budget: $2,200,000
- Box office: $3,251,794
- Themes: rape, countryside, based on novel or book, primal fear, england, country life, cornwall, england, revenge, rural area, disturbed
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