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Synopsis: Upon moving to Britain to get away from American violence, astrophysicist David Sumner and his wife Amy are bullied and taken advantage of by the locals hired to do construction. When David finally takes a stand it escalates quickly into a bloody battle as the locals assault his house.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Sam Peckinpah
Production: Sony Pictures/Screen Gems
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
R
Year:
1971
113 min
1,997 Views


where it's, uh, quiet...

and you can breathe fresh air

and drink water that doesn't

have to come out of a bottle.

It isn't water that I drink

out of a bottle, sir.

[ Cawsey Giggling ]

Those two fellows will be up

to help you tomorrow.

[ Amy ]

Kitty.! [ Whistles ]

- You gonna have a crack at her, Norman?

- No.

Ten months inside

is enough for me.

- They got anything worth taking?

- Nope.

Except, uh...

these.

- You bloody fool.

- It was nothing.

She's got a dozen or more.

Full of perfume. [ Giggling ]

You like my trophy?

Bugger your trophy.

I want what was in 'em.

I could do with

some of that too, Normie.

Charlie Venner.

He had some of it years ago...

when she was here with her father.

Venner's a bloody liar...

and so are you.

d Tell her, smell her

Lock her in the cellar d

Kitty, kitty.

Where are you?

[ Whistling ] Kitty.

[ Whistles ]

Kitty, kitty.

Kitty, kitty.

Kitty, kitty, kitty.

Want a drink?

I can't find the cat.

Doesn't answer my call.

Do I?

You'd better.

Why did you hire

Charlie Venner?

I didn't. You did.

Kitty.

If she's in my study,

I'll kill her.

What?

Nothing.

That your daddy's chair?

Every chair is my daddy's chair.

I'm glad we came.

[ Giggles ]

- What are you doing?

- Kiss me.

Mmm.

[ Moans ]

- You're an animal.

- Mm-mmm.

Why'd you take my heater

out of the study?

Because it's going upstairs.

What happened?

[ Amy ]

It's not going upstairs.

It's freezing in there.

[ Sighs ]

[ Door Closes ]

[ Amy ] Hello.

I can see you're working at top speed.

[ Scutt ]

Is he in there studying?

[ Conversation Continues, Faint ]

- [ Giggling ]

- You'd better do something.

- My husband will think

all Englishmen are lazy.

- Let me help.

Hey!

[ Door Opens ]

[ Door Closes ]

[ Cawsey ]

Yeah, come on over here. This way.

[ Scutt ]

Watch your fingers, Chris.

What was so funny with them?

They just think

you're strange.

Why, because I'm American?

Mmm, no. No.

Just strange.

Do you think I'm strange?

Occasionally.

You act like you're 1 4.

I am.

Wanna try for 1 2?

How about eight?

I freak out for eight-year-olds.

[ Smacking Loudly ]

[ Imitates Smacking ]

- David?

-[ David ] Huh?

Will you please

get some lettuce?

Okay.

Oh, and fix

the damned toaster.

[ Sighs ]

What does she think

I'm doing here, playing games?

What is this,

grammar school?

Jesus Christ.

Uh, we're leavin' now,

Mr. Sumner.

- Mr. Riddaway be givin' us a lift.

- Fine.

Oh, I was just sayin'

to your missus...

that in a funny sort of way I feel

closer to rats than I do to people.

Even though I kill 'em for a living.

Their dying is my living.

Smell a rat, see a rat, kill a rat.

That's me, Chris Cawsey.

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David Zelag Goodman

David Zelag Goodman was a playwright and screenwriter for both TV and film. His most prolific period was from the 1960s to the early 1980s. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Lovers and Other Strangers, though he did not win. more…

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