Cinematic background from Straw Dogs 1971 - 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, and two of the locals rape Amy. This sexual assault awakes a shockingly violent side of David.

Straw Dogs

1971

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Directors:
Sam Peckinpah
Writers:
Sam Peckinpah, Gordon Williams, David Zelag Goodman
Official poster of Straw Dogs 1971 directed by [object Object]
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman wearing a white sweater standing in front of a building; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man looking out of a window in a sweater; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person wearing a shirt with blood on it; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person holding a glass of wine; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person touching the forehead of a woman; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A beautiful young woman with long blonde hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man holding a gun while wearing safety glasses; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man and a woman sitting next to each other under an umbrella; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman with long blonde hair sitting in front of a window; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man sitting in a chair holding a cell phone; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man sitting in a chair holding a glass of wine; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man with a knife sitting in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person with long hair wearing a sweater; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A beautiful young lady with long blonde hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman sitting in the back seat of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man with a beard wearing a hat and a coat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man and a woman sitting next to each other; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman sitting in a chair eating a piece of food; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man and a woman looking at one another; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person wearing glasses and looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man in a sweater stares into the camera; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – Two men in business suits and ties one of which is holding a knife to the other's neck; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A group of men sitting around a table drinking wine; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman with long blonde hair looking into the distance; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man and a woman are standing next to each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person wearing a sweater; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A beautiful young lady sitting on a brown leather chair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman sitting on top of a brown couch reading a magazine; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person sitting in a chair wearing a suit; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman holding a banana in a kitchen; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – An old man drinking a glass of wine from a wine glass; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man with long brown hair wearing a brown jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man in a suit and tie holding a cup; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A young woman with long blonde hair standing in front of a chalkboard; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman sitting on a leather couch in a room; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man in a suit and a hat is drinking from a wine glass; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – An old man with a beard wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person smoking a cigarette; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man and a woman sitting on a chair in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A group of men standing next to each other in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A young woman is standing in front of two other people; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man and woman shaking hands in front of a crowd; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man sitting in the drivers seat of a car while smoking a cigarette; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man with long hair and a brown jacket; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A group of people sitting around a living room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person with a beard and a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man and a woman sitting on a couch together; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – Two men walking down the street in front of a building; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man and a woman standing next to each other in front of a brick wall; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – An old man in a hat is sitting at a bar; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman in a black jacket standing in a field; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman with long blonde hair sitting in front of a window; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman in a white sweater leaning on a wall holding a cup; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman drinking a glass of water from a cup; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man in a sweater holding a pair of scissors; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – Two little girls with blonde hair and wearing glasses; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – An old man with a beard wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man and a woman standing next to each other; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – Two people standing in front of each other in front of a wall; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A group of men standing next to each other in suits; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A group of young boys sitting at a table wearing party hats; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman and a man sitting at a table; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman sitting on a brown leather couch; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – An old man with a beard drinking a glass of wine; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – An older man in a black shirt and white shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A group of people sitting at a table with drinks; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A group of men standing around a table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person wearing glasses and a white shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man sitting at a table with a harp; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – An older man drinking a glass of water; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A group of men sitting at a table with drinks; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A group of men standing next to each other holding drinks; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person with long hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man and a young boy talking to each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle