
Feature film — 1971
Straw Dogs (1971)
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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ABC Pictures / Talent Associates / Amerbroco Films
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Director: Sam Peckinpah
On screen
Cast & crew

Dustin Hoffman
David Sumner

Susan George
Amy

Peter Vaughan
Tom Hedden

T. P. McKenna
Maj. John Scott

Del Henney
Charlie Venner

Jim Norton
Chris Cawsey

Donald Webster
Riddaway

Ken Hutchison
Norman Scutt

Len Jones
Bobby Hedden

Sally Thomsett
Janice Hedden
Robert Keegan
Harry Ware

Peter Arne
John Niles
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