“In the Face of Every Coward Burns a Straw Dog.”
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.
Directed by Sam Peckinpah
Written by David Zelag Goodman, Sam Peckinpah, Gordon Williams
Produced by Daniel Melnick
Box OfficeBudget: $2.2MRevenue: $3.3M
About Straw Dogs
Straw Dogs is a thriller, drama, crime film released in 1971 exploring themes of rape, countryside, based on novel or book, primal fear, england, country life. Directed by Sam Peckinpah, it stars Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan. 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.