Straw Dogs
“In the Face of Every Coward Burns a Straw Dog.”
1971movie1h 56mReleased
ThrillerDramaCrime
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Budget: $2,200,000 · Revenue: $3,251,794
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.
