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25/11/1971 Thriller, Drama, Crime 1h 56m
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In the Face of Every Coward Burns a Straw Dog.

Overview

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.

  1. Sam Peckinpah

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Dustin Hoffman

    David Sumner

  2. Susan George

    Amy

  3. Peter Vaughan

    Tom Hedden

  4. T. P. McKenna

    Maj. John Scott

  5. Del Henney

    Charlie Venner

  6. Jim Norton

    Chris Cawsey

  7. Donald Webster

    Riddaway

  8. Ken Hutchison

    Norman Scutt

  9. Len Jones

    Bobby Hedden

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A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2020-02-16
This is where I live. This is me. I will not allow violence against this house.

Straw Dogs is directed by Sam Peknipah and Peckinpah co-adapts to screen play with David Zelag Goodman from the novel "The Siege of Trencher's Farm" written by Gordon Williams. It stars Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Del Henney and Ken Hutchison. Music is by Jerry Fielding and cinematography by John Coquillon.

A young American maths teacher and his English wife move to the rural English village where she was raised and face increasingly vicious harassment from the locals...

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,200,000.00

Revenue
$3,251,794.00

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