Thriller ·Drama ·Crime · United States of America · 1971 · 1h 56m

Straw Dogs

Director

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

Crew

John Coquillon — Director of Photography Roger Spottiswoode — Editor Tony Lawson — Editor Paul Davies — Editor Jerry Fielding — Original Music Composer David Zelag Goodman — Screenplay

Tagline

In the Face of Every Coward Burns a Straw Dog.

Synopsis

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.

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