
About
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.
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7.153/10

Wuchak
**_How far can a civilized man be pushed?_** A well-to-do couple from America (Dustin Hoffman and Susan George) move back to the wife's hometown near Land’s End in western Cornwall, England, and se... read more
8 months ago

John Chard
This is where I live. This is me. I will not allow violence against this house. Straw Dogs is directed by Sam Peknipah and Peckinpah co-adapts to screen play with David Zelag Goodman from the nove... read more
over 5 years ago
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Cast

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
Cherina Schaer
Louise Hood

Colin Welland
Rev. Barney Hood

June Brown
Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)
Jimmy Charters
Man in Pub (uncredited)

Chloe Franks
Emma Hebden (uncredited)
Michael Mundell
Bertie Hedden (uncredited)

David Warner
Henry Niles (uncredited)
Director

Sam Peckinpah
Director
Gary White
Second Assistant Director
Michael Murray
Third Assistant Director
Terry Marcel
Assistant Director
Nick Farnes
Assistant Director
Creator
Gordon Williams
Novel

David Zelag Goodman
Screenplay

Sam Peckinpah
Screenplay