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Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
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Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut

2003-03-08 · 52 min · ★ 7.0

Documentary

Documentary about the making of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film "Straw Dogs."

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Directors
Paul Joyce
Production companies
Lucida Productions, Channel 4 Television
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Mark KermodeMark KermodeSelf - Host
Martin BaumSelf - President ABC Pictures 1968-71
Peter BrayhamPeter BrayhamSelf - Stuntman
David Zelag GoodmanDavid Zelag GoodmanSelf - Screenwriter of Straw Dogs
Katherine HaberSelf - Assistant to Sam Peckinpah & Companion
Del HenneyDel HenneySelf - Actor / Charlie Venner
J.M. HoskingSelf - Extra / Local Resident
Ken HutchisonKen HutchisonSelf - Actor / Norman Scutt
Kenneth HymanSelf - Ran Universal Pictures, Europe
Tony LawsonTony LawsonSelf - Editor
T. P. McKennaT. P. McKennaSelf - Actor / Major John Scott
Daniel MelnickSelf - Producer of Straw Dogs
Michael MundellSelf - Actor / Director / Bertie Hedden
Betty SincockSelf - Extra / Local Resident
Isela VegaIsela VegaSelf - Actress
Gordon WilliamsSelf - Author of The Siege of Trencher's Farm
Linda Ruth WilliamsSelf - Film Studies Writer / Academic
Dustin HoffmanDustin HoffmanSelf (archive footage)

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