Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs

116 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Dec. 23, 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, and two of the locals rape Amy. This sexual assault awakes a shockingly violent side of David.

Straw Dogs

116 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Dec. 23, 1971

Straw Dogs
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers ABC Pictures
Original title Straw Dogs
Directors Gary White, Nick Farnes, Michael Murray, Terry Marcel, Sam Peckinpah
Writers David Zelag Goodman, Gordon Williams, Sam Peckinpah

Cast

Dustin Hoffman

as David Sumner

Susan George

as Amy

Peter Vaughan

as Tom Hedden

T. P. McKenna

as Maj. John Scott

Del Henney

as Charlie Venner

Jim Norton

as Chris Cawsey

Donald Webster

as Riddaway

Ken Hutchison

as Norman Scutt

Len Jones

as Bobby Hedden

Sally Thomsett

as Janice Hedden

Robert Keegan

as Harry Ware

Peter Arne

as John Niles

Cherina Schaer

as Louise Hood

Colin Welland

as Rev. Barney Hood

June Brown

as Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)

Jimmy Charters

as Man in Pub (uncredited)

Chloe Franks

as Emma Hebden (uncredited)

Michael Mundell

as Bertie Hedden (uncredited)

David Warner

as Henry Niles (uncredited)