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Duel (TV 1971) 7.7
A business commuter is pursued and terrorized by a malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer. Director:Steven Spielberg |
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Cast
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| Jacqueline Scott | ... |
Mrs. Mann
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Eddie Firestone | ... |
Cafe Owner
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Lou Frizzell | ... |
Bus Driver
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Gene Dynarski | ... |
Man in Cafe
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Lucille Benson | ... |
Lady at Snakerama
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Tim Herbert | ... |
Gas Station Attendant
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Charles Seel | ... |
Old Man
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Shirley O'Hara | ... |
Waitress
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Alexander Lockwood | ... |
Old Man in Car
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Amy Douglass | ... |
Old Woman in Car
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Dick Whittington | ... |
Radio Interviewer
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Carey Loftin | ... |
The Truck Driver
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Dale Van Sickel | ... |
Car Driver
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
While traveling through the desert for an appointment with a client, the businessman David Mann from California passes a slow and old tanker truck. The psychotic truck driver feels offended and chases David along the empty highway trying to kill him. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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The Killer's Weapon - A 40 Ton Truck See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
13 November 1971 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Duellen See more »Box Office
Budget:
$450,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Runtime:
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ColorAspect Ratio:
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[radio playing, driving down the road, approaches the truck]
[David coughs, coughs again]
David Mann: Talk about pollution.
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Written by Billy Goldenberg
Published by Leeds Music Corporation (ASCAP)
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Did You Know?
Trivia
David Mann's car was a 1970 red Plymouth Valiant with California license plate 149 PCE. See more »Goofs
Throughout most of the film, a photo of [presumably] Mann's family can be seen clipped onto the wide part of his driver-side sun visor. However, it disappears in the shot where he waves giddily at the truck driver, after having passed him via the dirt side-road. It reappears a few seconds later. It's also absent in the scene where the truck is pushing Mann's car toward the train, only to reappear later. See more »Quotes
[first lines][radio playing, driving down the road, approaches the truck]
[David coughs, coughs again]
David Mann: Talk about pollution.
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Crazy Credits
A scene plays out over the credits where David Mann sits on the edge of the cliff throwing stones. See more »Soundtracks
"The Duel (end titles and end credits)"Written by Billy Goldenberg
Published by Leeds Music Corporation (ASCAP)
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I can recall vividly watching this movie as an ABC movie of the week at the tender age of six.Very few movies at that time in my life had the ability to captivate me.Duel was one of the fortunate few.We have a mild mannered businessman,excellently played by Dennis Weaver,on his way to a very important appointment.Suddenly,there is trouble ahead in the form of a ruthless tanker truck driver.For unexplained reasons,the truck driver singles out David Mann(Weaver)as the recipient of whatever rage and torment possesses him.Along the way,we have an apparently unsympathetic diner crowd,among whom this mad truck driver may have mixed in with while David was freshening up in the diner's restroom.Which one of them is it?Did he ever come in at all?Did he just linger outside,adding to David's torment?Then,there is the lady at the Snakerama,whose reptile displays are leveled when the truck driver realizes that David is trying to notify police in her phone booth.David ends up searching for strength he's not sure he possesses in order to combat this unseen menace.I love the idea of the driver never being seen,as the unseen is often more frightening than what is thrown in our face.This film may have been made for television,but it played like something you would see in a movie theater.I understand that it was in fact,released in theaters in England later on after Spielberg added some more footage.I am envious that they got to see this Hitchcock like thriller on the big screen.I consider it a grand edition to my DVD library.Great stuff.
2/28/2006 R.I.P. Dennis Weaver (1924-2006)