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Straw Dogs

In the Face of Every Coward Burns a Straw Dog.

1971 · 1 h 56 · United Kingdom · English

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Thriller

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
Based on
Gordon Williams

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