Straw Dogs
Year:
1971
Production Country:
Great Britain / USA
An inoffensive American professor on sabbatical with his wife in an English West Country Farmhouse, finds life round about him turning into a maelstrom of brutality, rape and murder.
Cast & credits
Cast
- David Sumner Dustin Hoffman
- Amy Sumner Susan George
- Tom Hedden Peter Vaughan
- Major Scott T.P. Mckenna
- Venner Del Henney
- Cawsey Jim Norton
- Riddaway Donald Webster
- Scutt Ken Hutchison
- Bobby Hedden Len Jones
- Janice Sally Thomsett
- Harry Ware Robert Keegan
- John Niles Peter Arne
- Mrs Hood Cherina Schaer
- Reverend Hood Colin Welland
- [Henry Niles] David Warner
- [Bertie Hedden] Michael Mundell
- [Mrs Hedden] June Brown
- [Emma Hedden] Chloe Franks
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Sam Peckinpah
- [Stand-by Director] Peter Collinson
- Dialogue Director Katherine Haber
- [1st] Assistant Director Terry Marcel
- 2nd Assistant Director Gary White
- Continuity Pamela Davies
Production
- © ABC Pictures Corp.
- Filmed for Talent Associates
- Filmed for Amerbroco Films
- Presented by ABC Pictures Corp.
- Produced by Daniel Melnick
- Associate Producer James Swann
- Production Supervisor Derek Kavanagh
- Filmed at Twickenham Film Studios
Casting
- Casting Miriam Brickman
Writing
- Screenplay by David Zelag Goodman
- Screenplay by Sam Peckinpah
- Based on the novel by 'The Siege of...' Gordon Williams
Photography
- Director of Photography John Coquillon
- Camera Operator Herbert Smith
Stills
- [Stills Photography] John Jay
Special Effects
- Special Effects John Richardson
Editing
- Film Editor Roger Spottiswoode
- Film Editor Paul Davies
- Film Editor Tony Lawson
- Editorial Consultant Robert L. Wolfe
Design
- Production Designer Ray Simm
- Art Director Ken Bridgeman
- Set Dresser Peter James
- Production Design Consultant Julia Trevelyan Oman
Costumes
- Wardrobe Tiny Nicholls
Make-up
- Make-up Harry Frampton
- Hairdresser Bobbie Smith
Titles
- Titles Designed by Anthony Goldschmidt
Music
- Music by Jerry Fielding
Sound
- Sound Recordist John Bramall
- Sound Editor Garth Craven
- [Sound Editor] Norman Savage
Stunts
- Stunt Co-ordinator Billy Cornelius
Publicity
- [Publicist] Brian Doyle