Straw Dogs
In the Face of Every Coward Burns a Straw Dog.
7.2(1,081) 1971-11-25 116 minThrillerDramaCrime
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.
ScreenplayDavid Zelag Goodman
ScreenplaySam Peckinpah
ProducerDaniel Melnick
Original Music ComposerJerry Fielding
DirectorSam Peckinpah
Cast & characters
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
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Robert Keegan
as Harry Ware
Peter Arne
as John Niles
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Cherina Schaer
as Louise Hood
Colin Welland
as Rev. Barney Hood
June Brown
as Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)
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Jimmy Charters
as Man in Pub (uncredited)
Chloe Franks
as Emma Hebden (uncredited)
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Michael Mundell
as Bertie Hedden (uncredited)
David Warner
as Henry Niles (uncredited)
