Straw Dogs (1971)1h56
Thriller · Drama · Crime
Director Sam Peckinpah (6.9 avg)
Also directed The Wild Bunch, The Getaway, Cross of Iron, and 14 more
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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Cast
Dustin Hoffman
Susan George
Peter Vaughan
T. P. McKenna
Del Henney
Jim Norton
Donald Webster