Movies / Straw Dogs (1971)
Runtime: 118 min
Languages: English
Sam Peckinpah examines the instinctual capacity for violence in his controversial 1971 film, loosely based on the novel The Siege of Trencher's Farm. To avoid the Vietnam-era social chaos in the U.S., American mathematician David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman) moves with his British wife, Amy (Susan George), to the isolated Cornish town where she grew up, but their presence provokes antagonism among the village's men. As the hostilities escalate from routine bullying to the gang rape of his wife, David finds his pacifistic self backed into a corner. When the hooligans attack his house, David finally resorts to the gruesome violence that he abhors. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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Sam Peckinpah | ... |
Writers (3) | Credit |
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David Zelag Goodman | (screenplay) and |
Gordon Williams | (novel) (as Gordon M. Williams) |
Sam Peckinpah | (screenplay) |
Composers (1) | Credit |
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Jerry Fielding | ... |
Editors (3) | Credit |
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Paul Davies | ... |
Roger Spottiswoode | ... |
Tony Lawson | ... |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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John Coquillon | director of photography |
Actors (17) | Credit |
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Cherina Schaer | Louise Hood |
Colin Welland | Rev. Barney Hood |
David Warner | Henry Niles (uncredited) |
Del Henney | Charlie Venner |
Donald Webster | Riddaway |
Dustin Hoffman | David Sumner |
Jimmy Charters | Man in Pub (uncredited) |
Jim Norton | Chris Cawsey |
Ken Hutchison | Norman Scutt |
Len Jones | Bobby Hedden |
Michael Mundell | Bertie Hedden (uncredited) |
Peter Arne | John Niles |
Peter Vaughan | Tom Hedden |
Robert Keegan | Harry Ware |
Sally Thomsett | Janice Hedden |
Susan George | Amy |
T.P. McKenna | Maj. John Scott |