Straw Dogs (Anchor Bay)

Foreign, British

Susan Goerge
Dustin Hoffman	David Sumner
T.P. McKenna	Major John Scott
Peter Vaughan	Tom Hedden
Susan George	Amy Sumner
Del Henney	Charlie Venner
Ken Hutchison	Norman Scutt
Len Jones	Bobby Hedden
Cherina Mann	Mrs. Hood
Jim Norton	Chris Cawsey
Sally Thomsett	Janice Hedden
David Warner	Henry Niles
Donald Webster	Riddaway
Colin Welland	Rev. hood

Director	Sam Peckinpah
Producer	Daniel Melnick; James Swann
Writer	Sam Peckinpah; Gordon Williams
Cinematography	John Coquillon
Musician	Jerry Fielding

Widely recognized as a highly controversial but brilliant film, Straw Dogs contains some of the most startling suspense and intense violence ever filmed. The original American Theatrical release had footage cut due to its violent nature, and the film is banned in the UK to this day.
David (Dustin Hoffman) is a quiet American mathematician, who had moved with his wife back to her hometown in rural England. The couple relocated in an attempt to flee the chaotic violence of the U.S., but there was to be no escape.
When David hires a crew of locals to repair his barn, the men begin to harass the couple--but passive David does nothing to stop them. The harassment continues and intensifies, yet David ignores it. Finally, the men push him too far. The result is a once complacent, mild-mannered man lashing-out in an animalistic struggle to preserve his home and his life.