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Straw Dogs (1971) [R]

Release Date:
November 25, 1971

Original Title:
Straw Dogs

Alternate Titles:
Perros De Paja
Perros de paja
Straw Dogs - Wer Gewalt sät

Genres:
Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
ABC Pictures
Amerbroco Films
Talent Associates

Production Countries:
United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 18  ES: 18  FR: 16  GB: 18  IE: 18  IT: VM18  NL: 16  US: R 

Runtime: 116

In the Face of Every Coward Burns a Straw Dog.

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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, and two of the locals rape Amy. This sexual assault awakes a shockingly violent side of David.

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Production

Art Direction:
Ken Bridgeman

Assistant Director:
Nick Farnes
Terry Marcel

Assistant Makeup Artist:
Peter Frampton

Associate Producer:
James Swann

Casting:
Miriam Brickman

Dialogue Editor:
Katherine Haber
Michael Ellis

Director:
Sam Peckinpah

Director of Photography:
John Coquillon

Editor:
Roger Spottiswoode
Tony Lawson
Paul Davies

Hairdresser:
Bobbie Smith

Makeup Artist:
Harry Frampton

Novel:
Gordon Williams

Original Music Composer:
Jerry Fielding

Other:
Julia Trevelyan Oman

Producer:
Daniel Melnick

Production Design:
Ray Simm

Production Supervisor:
Derek Kavanagh

Props:
Roy Pembrooke

Screenplay:
David Zelag Goodman
Sam Peckinpah

Second Assistant Director:
Gary White

Set Dresser:
Peter James

Sound Editor:
Norman Savage
Garth Craven

Sound Mixer:
Gerry Humphreys

Sound Recordist:
John Bramall

Special Effects:
John Richardson

Special Effects Assistant:
Peter Hutchinson

Stunt Coordinator:
Billy Cornelius

Stunt Double:
Sue Longhurst

Stunts:
Peter Brayham
Eddie Stacey
Joe Dunne

Third Assistant Director:
Michael Murray

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