In the Face of Every Coward Burns a Straw Dog.
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.
Straw Dogs (1971) is a thriller, drama and crime film directed by Sam Peckinpah, released on November 25, 1971 with a runtime of 1h 56m. It stars Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan and T. P. McKenna. Viewers rate it 7.2 out of 10 across 1,111 ratings.
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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
Robert Keegan
as Harry Ware
Peter Arne
as John Niles
Directed by Sam Peckinpah, written by David Zelag Goodman, Sam Peckinpah and Gordon Williams, produced by Daniel Melnick.
Average viewer score of 7.2/10 from 1,111 ratings.
This is where I live. This is me. I will not allow violence against this house. Straw Dogs is directed by Sam Peknipah and Peckinpah co-adapts to screen play with David Zelag Goodman from the novel "The Siege of Trencher's Farm" written by Gordon Williams. It stars Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Del Henney and Ken Hutchison. Music is by Jerry Fielding and cinematography by John…
Reviewed on February 16, 2020
**_How far can a civilized man be pushed?_** A well-to-do couple from America (Dustin Hoffman and Susan George) move back to the wife's hometown near Land’s End in western Cornwall, England, and settle into the vacant homestead. They enlist some roofers whom she knows from her school days, one of them being a former boyfriend (Del Henney). Rivalry is in the air as the laborers try to emasculate Amy’s brainy husband…
Reviewed on October 28, 2024
Time hasn’t been so kind to this tautly directed but actually pretty thin story. Academic “David” (Dustin Hoffman) has moved with his more local wife “Amy” (Susan George) to live in Cornwall where he can continue to work on his astrophysics and where she can, well I wasn’t quite sure what she was going to do aside from wind up her former admirer “Charlie” (Del Henney). On the face of it, “David” is a bit of a wimp…
Reviewed on March 22, 2026
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The main cast of Straw Dogs (1971) includes Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T. P. McKenna and Del Henney. The film was directed by Sam Peckinpah. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Straw Dogs was released on November 25, 1971 and runs for 1h 56m.
Straw Dogs (1971) holds an average rating of 7.2 out of 10 from 1,111 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy thriller, drama and crime films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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