"Straw Dogs" (1971) - Director Sam Peckinpah's Adaption of "The Siege of Trencher's Farm"

[DonRocks]

"Straw Dogs" is a divisive film that, well, stars Dustin Hoffman and Susan George (it's unlikely that you can name a second film that Susan George was in), but regarding the film,

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suffice it to say that Director Sam Peckinpah's nickname was "Bloody Sam." A very typical early-70s filming of a gorgeous, cinematic, English landscape, the inevitable denouement being something you can see coming, but not necessarily something you want to see happening. 

Note Peckinpah's rapid-fire cuts coming into being once the cat is found.

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"Straw Dogs" was remade in 2011.

PS - I'm pretty sure that John Niles (Peter Arne) was the inspiration for Anton Chigurh. Also, the red nose during the break-in is *exactly* like the false nose during the break-in during "A Clockwork Orange."