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Straw Dogs (1971)
118 min - Drama | Thriller - 29 December 1971 (USA)
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A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Writers: David Zelag Goodman (screenplay), Sam Peckinpah (screenplay), and 1 more credit 
Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George and Peter Vaughan
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Cast
Complete credited cast:
Dustin Hoffman
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David Sumner
Susan George
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Amy Sumner
Peter Vaughan
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Tom Hedden
T.P. McKenna
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Major John Scott (as T. P. McKenna)
Del Henney
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Charlie Venner
Jim Norton
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Chris Cawsey
Donald Webster
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Riddaway
Ken Hutchison
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Norman Scutt
Len Jones
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Bobby Hedden
Sally Thomsett
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Janice Hedden
Robert Keegan
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Harry Ware
Peter Arne
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John Niles
Cherina Schaer
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Louise Hood
Colin Welland
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Reverend Barney Hood
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
June Brown
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Mrs. Hedden (scenes deleted)
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Storyline
Dustin Hoffman plays a regular American mathematician, who gets into some trouble with local bullies. He is made fun of and then his wife is raped. When they attack his home, he fights back. His outbreak of violence is extreme. Written by B.Pico Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis
Plot Keywords: American | Violence | Home | Assault | Mathematician | See more 
Taglines: You can push a guy to the limit...But expect consequences. See more 
Genres: Drama | Thriller
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Country: UK | USA
Language: English
Release Date: 29 December 1971 (USA) See more 
Also Known As: Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs See more 
Filming Locations: Lamorna Cove, Lamorna, Cornwall, England, UK See more 
Box Office
Budget: $3,251,794 (estimated)
Gross: $11,148,828 (Worldwide) (1983) See more 
Company Credits
Production Co: ABC Pictures, Talent Associates, Amerbroco See more 
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Technical Specs
Runtime: 118 min | USA: 113 min (R-rated version)
Sound Mix: Mono
Color: Color (Eastmancolor) (uncredited) | Black and White (opening credits)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1 See full technical specs 
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Trivia Dustin Hoffman - not usually a fan of violent films - admitted that he only took the role in this movie for the money. See more 
Goofs Continuity: After Amy tells David to get some lettuce, David notices the addition symbol on his chalk board changed to subtract by Amy earlier on, when he draws it back on, the symbol before it jumps from being an addition to a subtraction symbol. See more 
Quotes Riddaway: I didn't reckon on nobody getting killed, Norman.
Norman Scutt: Yeah, well, that's too bad. We're all in it now. Accessories, we are.
Charlie Venner: That's the law.
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Connections Referenced in "V.I.P.: Mudslide Val (#1.19)" (1999) See more 
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