Straw Dogs (1971)
Directed by Sam Peckinpah · 116 min · Thriller, Drama, Crime
49.6 TOPICAL score · #1,953 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Straw Dogs (1971, directed by Sam Peckinpah) has a TOPICAL score of 49.6 - ranked 1,953 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on cast and critics, and lowest on awards. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Critics: 82% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.4/10 critics' average · Metacritic 75. Audiences: TMDB 7.1/10 (1,131 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 34 languages.
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- Critics82% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.4/10 critics' average · Metacritic 75
- AudienceTMDB 7.1/10 (1,131 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 34 languages
- Still read42,665 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Dustin Hoffman (actor #25), Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T. P. McKenna