Straw Dogs

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.

Discover

Dustin Hoffman

David Sumner

Peter Vaughan

Tom Hedden

T. P. McKenna

Maj. John Scott

Del Henney

Charlie Venner

Jim Norton

Chris Cawsey

Donald Webster

Riddaway

Ken Hutchison

Norman Scutt

Len Jones

Bobby Hedden

Sally Thomsett

Janice Hedden

Robert Keegan

Harry Ware

Peter Arne

John Niles

Cherina Schaer

Louise Hood

Colin Welland

Rev. Barney Hood

June Brown

Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)

Jimmy Charters

Man in Pub (uncredited)

Chloe Franks

Emma Hebden (uncredited)

Michael Mundell

Bertie Hedden (uncredited)

David Warner

Henry Niles (uncredited)

Art

Ray Simm

Production Design

Ken Bridgeman

Art Direction

Peter James

Set Dresser

Camera

John Coquillon

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Bobbie Smith

Hairdresser

Peter Frampton

Assistant Makeup Artist

Harry Frampton

Makeup Artist

Crew

Peter Hutchinson

Special Effects Assistant

Joe Dunne

Stunts

John Richardson

Special Effects

Sue Longhurst

Stunt Double

Billy Cornelius

Stunt Coordinator

Directing

Sam Peckinpah

Director

Gary White

Second Assistant Director

Michael Murray

Third Assistant Director

Terry Marcel

Assistant Director

Nick Farnes

Assistant Director

Editing

Tony Lawson

Editor

Paul Davies

Editor

Production

Daniel Melnick

Producer

James Swann

Associate Producer

Derek Kavanagh

Production Supervisor

Sound

Jerry Fielding

Original Music Composer

Katherine Haber

Dialogue Editor

Gerry Humphreys

Sound Mixer

Michael Ellis

Dialogue Editor

Norman Savage

Sound Editor

Garth Craven

Sound Editor

John Bramall

Sound Recordist

Writing

Sam Peckinpah

Screenplay