Straw Dogs (2011 film) Straw Dogs (2011 film) Straw Dogs is a 2011 American psychological thriller/action film directed, produced, and written by Rod Lurie. It is a remake of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film "Straw Dogs", itself lightly based on the Gordon Williams novel "The Siege of Trencher's Farm". It stars James Marsden and Kate Bosworth. Scriptwriter David Sumner (James Marsden) and his wife Amy (Kate Bosworth) relocate to rural Mississippi where Amy grew up. They are going to live in the house of Amy's recently deceased father and to allow David to finish a script. While in town one afternoon, David meets Amy's ex-boyfriend
Charles Williams (U.S. author) Charles Williams (U.S. author) Charles K. Williams (August 13, 1909–April 5, 1975) was an American author of crime fiction. He is regarded by some critics as one of the finest suspense novelists of the 1950s and 1960s. His 1951 debut, the paperback novel "Hill Girl", sold more than a million copies. A dozen of his books have been adapted for movies, most popularly "Dead Calm". Williams was born in the central Texas town of San Angelo. After attending school through tenth grade, during 1929 he enlisted with the US Merchant Marine. He served for ten years before quitting to marry