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Straw Dogs
“In the Face of Every Coward Burns a Straw Dog.”
19711h 56mDir Sam Peckinpah7.2TMDB
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.
Top Cast
19 total
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
The scene we cut
This is my house
"This is where I live. This is me." Hoffman draws the line.
Peckinpah cast Hoffman because he wanted a hero who looked like he could not possibly win. The film was refused a video certificate in the UK until 2002.
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