Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs (1971)

In the Face of Every Coward Burns a Straw Dog.

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.

Date of release
1971-11-25
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (1130)
Runtime
1h 56m
Genres
Thriller, Drama, Crime
Director
Sam Peckinpah

Casting

  • Dustin Hoffman — David Sumner
  • Susan George — Amy
  • Peter Vaughan — Tom Hedden
  • T. P. McKenna — Maj. John Scott
  • Del Henney — Charlie Venner
  • Jim Norton — Chris Cawsey
  • Donald Webster — Riddaway
  • Ken Hutchison — Norman Scutt
  • Len Jones — Bobby Hedden
  • Sally Thomsett — Janice Hedden
  • Robert Keegan — Harry Ware
  • Peter Arne — John Niles

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