Film · Crime, Drama, Thriller
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.
- Director
- Sam Peckinpah
- Writers
- Gordon Williams, David Zelag Goodman, Sam Peckinpah
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Release date
- November 25, 1971
Straw Dogs cast
Dustin HoffmanDavid Sumner
Susan GeorgeAmy
Peter VaughanTom Hedden
T. P. McKennaMaj. John Scott
Del HenneyCharlie Venner
Jim NortonChris Cawsey
Donald WebsterRiddaway
Ken HutchisonNorman Scutt
Len JonesBobby Hedden
Sally ThomsettJanice Hedden- Robert KeeganHarry Ware
Peter ArneJohn Niles- Cherina SchaerLouise Hood
Colin WellandRev. Barney Hood
June BrownMrs. Hebden (uncredited)- Jimmy ChartersMan in Pub (uncredited)
Chloe FranksEmma Hebden (uncredited)- Michael MundellBertie Hedden (uncredited)
David WarnerHenry Niles (uncredited)
