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Straw Dogs | 1972 | Style D | US One Sheet
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Straw Dogs | 1972 | Style D | US One Sheet

Straw Dogs is a 1972 film directed by Sam Peckinpah and was produced by Daniel Melnick. Sam Peckinpah co-wrote the screenplay with David Zelag Goodman and is based on Gordon M. Williams's 1969 novel, The Siege of Trencher's Farm. Straw Dogs stars Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Del Henney, Jim Norton, Donald Webster, Ken Hutchison, Len Jones and Sally Thomsett. The storyline follows American mathematician David Sumner comes to live in Britain with his glamorous young wife, Amy. They move to her small home village in a remote part of Cornwall. They are taken advantage of by the locals who have been hired to complete some construction. When David finally takes a stand it escalates quickly into a bloody battle as the locals assault his house. Principle photogr...