Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:45:05 GMT | By Francis Whittaker
Dustin Hoffman: His 10 greatest films

Straw Dogs (1971)

Straw Dogs (1971) (© Moviestore Collection/Rex Features)
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  • Dustin Hoffman (© Reuters/MARIO ANZUONI;)
  • The Graduate (1967) (© AP Photo)
  • Midnight Cowboy (© Everett Collection / Rex Feature;)
  • Little Big Man (1970) (© SNAP / Rex Features;)
  • Straw Dogs (1971) (© Moviestore Collection/Rex Features)
  • All the President's Men (1976) (© AP Photo/ Warner Bros)
  • Marathon Man (1976) (© Moviestore Collection / Rex Features)
  • Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) (© c.Columbia/Everett / Rex Features)
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Sam Peckinpah's raw Straw Dogs was banned in the UK for years thanks to its controversial content, and sees Hoffman put in a wonderfully unnerving performance as David Summer, a mild-mannered mathmetician in a rural English hinterland who turns into a blood-hungry killer following a campaign of harrassment against him and his wife.

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