Duel (Collector's Edition)
Universal Studios

August 17th, 2004

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Rating: 4.6 / 5.0 (264 votes)

Released: 2004-08-17
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Duel (Collector's Edition) by Universal Studios

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Movie Details
Director Steven Spielberg	Studio Universal Studios	Runtime 90	Rated PG (Parental Guidance)	Binding DVD

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Description

The unseen driver of a tailgating semi tries to run a traveling salesman off the road. Directed by Steven Spielberg.

Actors

Dennis Weaver
Jacqueline Scott
Eddie Firestone
Tim Herbert
Carey Loftin

Format

AC-3
Closed-captioned
Collector's Edition
Color
Dolby

Editorial Review

This is the TV movie that put Steven Spielberg on the map, shortly before he made The Sugarland Express. Working from a script by Richard Matheson, the film stars Dennis Weaver as a mild-mannered traveling salesman who unintentionally angers the driver of a semi truck. Suddenly, the truck is not only riding his tail but trying to run him off the road. No matter what he does (pulling over, stopping at a diner, calling the cops), he can't get rid of it. Spielberg makes the wise decision of never showing the driver, even as he cranks the voltage on the film's suspense elements. As a result, the truck itself takes on an air of satanic menace–even a personality of sorts–as it seems to hunt its human prey. Spielberg made a lot out of a little, suggesting just how skilled a storyteller he would become. –Marshall Fine