This is a Steven Spielberg film that truly is underrated. It is very tense with a lot of Hitchcock-like suspense. This suspense of Duel leads to the suspense in Jaws. This film wasn't on for very long at all but the thrills and action never seemed to stop. It was a film that wasn't a well-known film from Steven Spielberg especially when Jaws and Close Encounters Of The Third Kind were released bec... read more
Description:A business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the unseen driver of a mysterious tanker truck. It was written by Richard Matheson, based on his own short story, and directed by Steven Spielberg in his feature film directing debut.
It was originally a television movie and was later released as a full-length theatrical film.A business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the unseen driver of a mysterious tanker truck. It was written by Richard Matheson, based on his own short story, and directed by Steven Spielberg in his feature film directing debut.
It was originally a television movie and was later released as a full-length theatrical film.... (more)(less)
"While I usually try to keep only films that were released in movie theaters on these lists 'o' mine, every once in a while I come across a piece of TV cinema that's so good, that for me, it's quality ranks up there with the best of theatrical releases.
Duel is a good example of this type of smallscreen cinematic excellence. Not surprising, considering that it is Steven Spielberg's major film debut (well, at least from my memory it is). And with just the use a big ol' rusted semi-truck, a lone"
ToonHead2102 added this to a list 1 month, 2 weeks ago
"While I usually try to keep only films that were released in movie theaters on these lists 'o' mine, every once in a while I come across a piece of TV cinema that's so good, that for me, it's quality ranks up there with the best of theatrical releases.
Duel is a good example of this type of cinematic excellence. Not surprising, considering that it is Steven Spielberg's major film debut (well, at least from my memory it is). And with just the use a big ol' rusted semi-truck, a lone driving Dennis"
Mr. Saturn added this to a list 3 months, 1 week ago
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What was it about?
A business commuter is pursued and terrorized by a malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.
My two cents:
What was supposed to be a rather small TV feature became a surprising success, one of the most heralded directing debuts and the start one of the most impressive career in motion picture history. Honestly, the plot was rather thin and you can't say that the characters were very well developped but the directing was just really impressive, especially wh"
Xanadon't added this to a list 6 months, 1 week ago
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A wholly engaging and impressive debut from some guy name Steven Spielberg. With the exception of Munich I actually liked this better than anything he's done in the last 20 years.
Even though this is a made for TV film, Duel embodies so much about what I like about 1970's American cinema- I don't know why I don't spend more time in this decade."
portlander added this to a list 6 months, 3 weeks ago