Movie · 1971
Straw Dogs
“In the Face of Every Coward Burns a Straw Dog.”
Released 25 November 1971 116 min Thriller / Drama / Crime More from 1971 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Peter Arne
as John Niles
Peter Vaughan
as Tom Hedden
Robert Keegan
as Harry Ware
June Brown
as Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)
T. P. McKenna
as Maj. John Scott
Donald Webster
as Riddaway
Colin Welland
as Rev. Barney Hood
Del Henney
as Charlie Venner
Dustin Hoffman
as David Sumner
Jim Norton
as Chris Cawsey
Ken Hutchison
as Norman Scutt
Susan George
as Amy
Sally Thomsett
as Janice Hedden
Chloe Franks
as Emma Hebden (uncredited)
Len Jones
as Bobby Hedden
Cherina Schaer
as Louise Hood
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The numbers
39years between the oldest and youngest billed
51Peter Arne — oldest on the call sheet
12Chloe Franks — youngest billed
35average age of the credited cast