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Straw Dogs (IB Tech Print)
The knock at the door meant the birth of one man and the death of seven others! Dustin Hoffman and Susan George star as a young couple pushed to the breaking point by savagery and violence in Sam Peckinpah’s controversial Straw Dogs. How far a man can be bent before he cracks? Can a coward become a killer when forced to defend his wife & home?
“One of Sam Peckinpah’s finest films, a relentless study in violence and machismo that is shocking, not only for its explicit gore, but for the degree to which it manipulates ‘civilized’ audiences.” – TV Guide
Kim Morgan discusses Straw Dogs on the New Beverly blog.
- Director
- Sam Peckinpah
- Starring
- Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Del Henney, Jim Norton
- Year
- 1971
- Rated
- R
- Country
- USA/UK
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 116 minutes