Straw Dogs
“In the Face of Every Coward Burns a Straw Dog.”
7.2(1,098)R19711h 56mEN
Directed by Sam Peckinpah
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.
rapecountrysidebased on novel or bookprimal fearenglandcountry lifecornwall, englandrevengerural areashockingperson snapping
Budget $2.2MBox office $3.3M
