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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783268583
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0783268580
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 17, 2004
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 2422
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: November 13, 1971
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Most under rated movie of all time
I watched this movie for the first time about a year ago and was astounded at how well written and acted it is.
It kept me on the edge on my seat !!
What a great movie for the mid 1970s and made for TV !
It is in my top 10 favorites
Rating: - Duel
This movie is a great old movie. It is very difficult to find where I live. I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes suspense movies.
Rating: - "Best TV Movie Ever!"
Steven Speilberg made his mark on Hollywood with "Duel", which was his first ever full length movie. Originally airing on ABC as a Movie of the Week, "Duel" deals with a man, played by Dennis Weaver, who is driving on the highway and is terrorized by a madman driving a full-ton truck. A very suspenceful film, the direction is the best of any film made for television. This was the film that made producers realize how talented Speilberg was, and he was ultimately offered big screen films like "Jaws". ... Read More
Rating: - Road rage at its most terrifying! Spielberg's first movie!
I first saw this made-for-TV movie when I was nine years old, in 1971. The movie terrified me! I have never forgotten it, and still get a chill down my spine whenever I see a tanker truck on the road. Duel is a great psychological thriller, made in the best Hitchcock style. Dennis Weaver is perfectly cast as the nervous, twitchy salesman in a Plymouth Valiant who tries to initially challenge a tanker truck on the desert road, not realizing that the driver is looking for someone to pick on. And pick he ... Read More
Rating:  - What Tha?; No Truck Roar?????
Love this flick. Lots of unintentional funny moments. Liked it so much, that I purchased the dvd-collector's edition. When I got it, I decided to "test drive" it, so I hit some of my favorite spots, like when David was talking to himself, and called the driver a miserable fat head, or when he lost his balance, when he got out of the car, after he crashed into the white fence, across from the diner. So, I speed ahead to the end, when the truck falls over the cliff, and to my surprise, the "truck roar" ... Read More
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