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Straw Dogs (1971)

Straw Dogs (1971)

Drama Crime Thriller

In the Face of Every Coward Burns a Straw Dog.

Release Date: 1971, November 25
Directors: Sam Peckinpah
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: ABC Pictures, Talent Associates, Amerbroco Films
Cast: Jim Norton, David Warner, Dustin Hoffman, Peter Vaughan, June Brown, Jimmy Charters, Ken Hutchison, Michael Mundell, Susan George, T. P. McKenna, Del Henney, Donald Webster

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book england revenge shocking rape rural area primal fear countryside cornwall, england country life person snapping