Straw Dogs

• 7.139 Drama
• 1971-11-25
• 116 minutes mins

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, and two of the locals rape Amy. This sexual assault awakes a shockingly violent side of David.

Starring:

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)

Director:

Sam Peckinpah

Writer:

David Zelag Goodman Sam Peckinpah