A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment. (113 mins.)
| Straw Dogs (1971) | |
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Rating: 7.5/10 (52,854 votes) Director: Sam Peckinpah Writer: David Zelag Goodman (screenplay), Sam Peckinpah (screenplay), Gordon Williams (novel) Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna Runtime: 113 min Rated: R Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller Released: 30 Jan 1972 |
| Plot: Upon moving to Britain to get away from American violence, astrophysicist David Sumner and his wife Amy are bullied and taken advantage of by the locals hired to do construction. When David finally takes a stand it escalates quickly into a bloody battle as the locals assault his house. | |
