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Written by James M. Tate / 4/13/2023 / No comments / british neo noir , colin welland , david warner , del henney , donald webster , dustin hoffman , jerry fielding , jim norton , ken hutchison , peter vaughan , sam peckinpah , seventies , susan george , t.p. mckenna

SAM PECKINPAH'S CONTROVERSIAL BRITISH CLASSIC 'STRAW DOGS'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRC2SFD2e2UXfmtfZfV-Q3fC2Vs5gcUL_RChPiSHMa15qSQ0VxJmm1whiX8_cnZP8SL4QcxW3zZKF6fP84M51v0XhkzWesqXxBVxo6uWZveZ6zO-m_yMvZ4QmW5rxw3bJug57nLFDamRqIsIizdtxuvSASmEzdOSoq6e4Pg6P7Lq42b-NZCg46GLEunmgq/s1554/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%204.57.29%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="1554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRC2SFD2e2UXfmtfZfV-Q3fC2Vs5gcUL_RChPiSHMa15qSQ0VxJmm1whiX8_cnZP8SL4QcxW3zZKF6fP84M51v0XhkzWesqXxBVxo6uWZveZ6zO-m_yMvZ4QmW5rxw3bJug57nLFDamRqIsIizdtxuvSASmEzdOSoq6e4Pg6P7Lq42b-NZCg46GLEunmgq/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%204.57.29%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dustin Hoffman with Susan George & Ken Hutchison in STRAW DOGS Year: 1971 Rating: *****</td></tr></tbody></table>American director Sam Peckinpah's THE WILD BUNCH is considered his peak — yet an even wilder albeit initially more subtle and ambiguous bunch exist within the British-set (and extremely British-styled) STRAW DOGS...Where nuclear scientist Dustin Hoffman attempts much needed study-time in an old stone-cobbled house with younger wife Susan George, who's more like the locals she grew up around than him...

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SAM PECKINPAH'S CONTROVERSIAL BRITISH CLASSIC 'STRAW DOGS'

Dustin Hoffman with Susan George & Ken Hutchison in STRAW DOGS Year: 1971 Rating: ***** American director Sam Peckinpah's THE WILD B...

KEN HUTCHISON STEALS 'THE SWEENEY: STAY LUCKY EH' EPISODE

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjMlmfujBiUdrcmFOHpcq4eAhVOmgS0gg_xoweXSZchEl74JCCyXQ7xsdr87FRDI0AbDYnDn7FreqRtiKtR4RZKwrwm9nZWquKAbR5dPWztMtt0cO0HgKz7Og6qDcTiDLgga4rOfPlANw3LJIqphBySDY6FljAHqF3K3mn8koiIndPEc9AzuVin5wYg/s2184/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-21%20at%204.19.50%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1394" data-original-width="2184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjMlmfujBiUdrcmFOHpcq4eAhVOmgS0gg_xoweXSZchEl74JCCyXQ7xsdr87FRDI0AbDYnDn7FreqRtiKtR4RZKwrwm9nZWquKAbR5dPWztMtt0cO0HgKz7Og6qDcTiDLgga4rOfPlANw3LJIqphBySDY6FljAHqF3K3mn8koiIndPEc9AzuVin5wYg/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-21%20at%204.19.50%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Sweeney: Stay Lucky Uh? Year: 1975 Rates: ****</td></tr></tbody></table>Before playing Mr. Hill in SWEENEY 2, STRAW DOGS actors Ken Hutchison dons a fake blonde wig and mustache in STAY LUCKY EH where his character Vincent Vaughan steals money before being delivered to mob boss and Ken's STRAW DOGS leader Peter Vaughan while thwarting patsies Alun Armstrong to Michael Ripper... One of the few episodes where the heavies get more screen time than John Thaw's Regan and his younger partner Dennis Waterman as Carter...

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KEN HUTCHISON STEALS 'THE SWEENEY: STAY LUCKY EH' EPISODE

The Sweeney: Stay Lucky Uh? Year: 1975 Rates: **** Before playing Mr. Hill in SWEENEY 2, STRAW DOGS actors Ken Hutchison dons a fake blonde ...

PETER VAUGHAN LEADS 'SMOKESCREEN' WITH YVONNE ROMAIN

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6oWF6zc8Xxfoe1SMN_lTrL4_4y0dgYErFggNcBlHmRsaeox-gjlGJJid89P1VJ9qqpsh5GMbE-CkxhWWmp5LYp46obW4FhtsGYlL0sIukav9qz7RfgVj8HVfeYoOlfrxYkvtfAP2stLmKTTjjorYKRcNVuqspghmWvQSrTvP_whow5LAJSFVh7fyTA/s1600/0+2.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6oWF6zc8Xxfoe1SMN_lTrL4_4y0dgYErFggNcBlHmRsaeox-gjlGJJid89P1VJ9qqpsh5GMbE-CkxhWWmp5LYp46obW4FhtsGYlL0sIukav9qz7RfgVj8HVfeYoOlfrxYkvtfAP2stLmKTTjjorYKRcNVuqspghmWvQSrTvP_whow5LAJSFVh7fyTA/s16000/0+2.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Vaughan & Yvonne Romain in SMOKESCREEN Year: 1964 Rates: **** </td></tr></tbody></table>The biggest shame about Jim O'Connolly's quirky low-budget British post-noir SMOKESCREEN is that it was a film instead of a television series since Peter Vaughan's perpetually cautious and stingy insurance adjuster Roper had so many more adventures in him.... 
 
His particular case involves what the audience and a young couple witness from the very beginning: a burning car driving off a cliff, and we never see a driver, which is what Roper searches for throughout the hour-long programmer, going from one person to the next in the usual "gumshoey" investigative fashion...