Straw Dogs
MovieTitle | Straw Dogs |
User score | 7.2 |
Release date | Nov 25, 1971 |
Genre | Drama, Thriller |
Director | Sam Peckinpah |
Production country | United States of America, United Kingdom |
Production companies | ABC Pictures, Talent Associates, Amerbroco Films |
Budget | $2,200,000 |
Revenue | $3,251,794 |
Run time | 116 min. |
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.