
Overview:
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.Status: | Released (1971-11-25) |
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Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 3 nominations total |
Screen: | David Zelag Goodman, Sam Peckinpah, Gordon Williams |
Productions: | ABC Pictures, Talent Associates, Amerbroco Films |
Production Countries: | United States of America, United Kingdom |
Spoken Languages: | English |

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- 4483: Dustin Hoffman - David Sumner
- 14947: Susan George - Amy
- 386: Peter Vaughan - Tom Hedden
- 14948: T. P. McKenna - Maj. John Scott
- 14949: Del Henney - Charlie Venner
- 14950: Jim Norton - Chris Cawsey
- 14951: Donald Webster - Riddaway
Crews
- 14940: Gordon Williams - Novel - Writing
- 10591: Ray Simm - Production Design - Art
- 7767: Sam Peckinpah - Director - Directing
- 14946: Ken Bridgeman - Art Direction - Art
- 14944: John Coquillon - Director of Photography - Camera
- 12685: Tony Lawson - Editor - Editing
- 14941: David Zelag Goodman - Screenplay - Writing
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Reviews
John Chard
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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 novel "The Siege of Trencher's Farm" written by Gordon Williams. It stars Dustin Hoffman ....
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**_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 settle into the vacant homestead. They enlist some roofers whom she knows from her sch ....
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