Duel
David Mann is driving down a deserted Southern California highway when he passes a large gas trailer truck. Moments later, the truck dangerously tailgates David before abruptly cutting him off. David and the never-seen truckdriver then engage in a motorized duel... to the death.
15 August 1924, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
1 January 1932, Sikeston, Missouri, USA
17 July 1914, Scottsboro, Alabama, USA
5 May 1902, Slezka Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
22 June 1914, New York City, New York, USA
4 June 1924, Joplin, Missouri, USA
11 December 1920, San Francisco, California, USA
29 April 1897, New York City, New York, USA
29 November 1907, Eatonton, Georgia, USA
13 September 1932
21 December 1902, Mansfield, Ohio, USA
10 June 1920, Missouri, USA
31 January 1914, Blountstown, Florida, USA
April 24, 2009
Steven Spielberg's debut feature is a ripper
January 26, 2006
Simply a rivetingly murderous game of cat and mouse that keeps you on the edge of your seat.
July 20, 2011
The film's rusted, growling tanker truck is an obvious predecessor to the man-eating Great White of Jaws. And it's every bit as terrifying.
July 04, 2008
The film pits the awesome talents of Richard Matheson ... with Spielberg, delivering one of the best genre films of the past 50 years.
August 02, 2009
... 'road rage' taken to new heights of exploitation by the boy wonder.
December 10, 2007
This 1971 made-for-TV movie was one of Steven Spielberg's auditions for Jaws, and the same slickly impersonal shock effects prevail.
January 15, 2005
Even without benefit of hindsight, Duel looks like the work of an unusually talented young director.
July 12, 2009
At 24, Spielberg demonsrated his technical virtuosity with his first made for TV feature, a nail-biting suspenser of a salesman pursued on the roadby a mad trucker.
May 11, 2006
Superior made-for-TV thriller directed by Spielberg.
June 20, 2015
This is among the most flawless pieces of entertainment [Steven Spielberg] ever put his name to.
December 10, 2007
An exquisite piece of streamlined suspense and action that clearly demonstrates that [Spielberg] was already in full control of his vision.
March 16, 2016
...a surprisingly sturdy first effort for a filmmaker who would (obviously) go onto bigger and better things.
