Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
Documentary about the making of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film "Straw Dogs."
Documentary about the making of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film "Straw Dogs."
Mark Kermode
Self - Host
Martin Baum
Self - President ABC Pictures 1968-71
Peter Brayham
Self - Stuntman
David Zelag Goodman
Self - Screenwriter of Straw Dogs
Katherine Haber
Self - Assistant to Sam Peckinpah & Companion
Del Henney
Self - Actor / Charlie Venner
J.M. Hosking
Self - Extra / Local Resident
Ken Hutchison
Self - Actor / Norman Scutt
Kenneth Hyman
Self - Ran Universal Pictures, Europe
Documentary about the making of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film "Straw Dogs."
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Retrospective documentary about the making of the horror cult classic "The Return of the Living Dead."
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