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In the Face of Every Coward Burns a Straw Dog.
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.
Dustin Hoffman
David Sumner
Susan George
Amy
Peter Vaughan
Tom Hedden
T. P. McKenna
Maj. John Scott
Del Henney
Charlie Venner
Jim Norton
Chris Cawsey
Donald Webster
Riddaway
Ken Hutchison
Norman Scutt
Len Jones
Bobby Hedden
Sally Thomsett
Janice Hedden
Peter Arne
John Niles
Colin Welland
Rev. Barney Hood
June Brown
Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)
Chloe Franks
Emma Hebden (uncredited)
David Warner
Henry Niles (uncredited)
Sue Longhurst
Stunt Double
Peter Brayham
Stunts
Sam Peckinpah
Director
Roger Spottiswoode
Editor
Jerry Fielding
Original Music Composer
David Zelag Goodman
Screenplay
Sam Peckinpah
Screenplay
Dec 29, 1971
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