Straw Dogs Movie Review 1972

An American mathematician, disturbed by the predominance of violence in American society, moves with his wife to an isolated Cornish village. He finds that primitive savagery exists beneath the most peaceful surface. After his wife is raped, Hoffman's character seeks revenge. Hoffman is good, a little too wimpy at times. A violent, frightening film reaction to the violence of the 1960s.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 118 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Yuppie Nightmares, Rape, Revenge

Screenplay

Sam Peckinpah, David Zelag Goodman

Cast

Sally Thomsett, Colin Welland, Peter Arne, Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, David Warner

Cinematography

John Coquillon

Director

Sam Peckinpah

Music

Jerry Fielding

Producer

ABC Pictures, Talent Associates Ltd., Cinerama Releasing