Straw Dogs (1971) | reviewed by: Scott McKay | November 19, 2011
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A classic archetypal thiller that really keeps you glued in until the climactic ending that still carries the shock factor to this day.
genre Thriller
synopsis Straw Dogs is an American thriller from director Sam Peckinpah from 1971. Dustin Hoffman stars as a mathematician who faces a ruthless revenge of pressing power.
lead actors Dustin Hoffman | Susan George | Peter Vaughan | T.P. McKenna | Del Henney | Jim Norton | Donald Webster | Ken Hutchison | Len Jones | Sally Thomsett | Robert Keegan | Peter Arne | Cherina Schaer | Colin Welland | David Warner
director Sam Peckinpah