Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs

7.2IMDb Score
Released:1971-11-25
Genre:Thriller, Drama, Crime
Duration:116 min
Country:United States of America, United Kingdom
Director:Sam Peckinpah
Actors:Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T. P. McKenna, Del Henney
Production:ABC Pictures, Talent Associates, Amerbroco Films

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.

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