The truck pulls out in front of him and starts antagonizing him again. Once again, he encounters the truck, which has pulled off to the side of the road, waiting for him. In an attempt to create more distance between himself and the truck, Mann drives at a very leisurely pace, as other motorists pass him. The truck continues down the road and Mann slowly follows. As soon as the train passes, Mann floors the gas, crosses the tracks and runs off the road. Mann stands on the brake and shifts into reverse. The truck appears from behind and pushes Mann's car towards the oncoming train. Mann stops at a railroad crossing and waits for a Southern Pacific freight train to pass through. He and the bus driver free his car, and Mann flees as the truck helps push the school bus onto the road. The truck appears in a tunnel down the road, causing Mann to panic. In the process, his front bumper gets caught underneath the bus's rear bumper. Mann continues on his journey, stopping to help a stranded school bus. The pursuing truck leaves moments later, indicating that its driver never entered the diner. The confused and offended patron beats Mann and leaves in a different truck. He studies the patrons, identifies one who is wearing the same type of boots as the truck driver, and confronts him. Upon returning from the restroom, he sees the truck parked outside. ![]() Mann enters the restaurant to compose himself. Mann swerves his car off the road, loses control, and slams sideways into a fence across from a diner as the truck continues down the road. The truck briefly slows, but then begins tailgating Mann's car at increasingly high speed, the underpowered Plymouth barely able to stay ahead of the truck. Mann finally passes the truck using an unpaved turnout next to the highway, then glances at his rear window and waves. After taunting Mann this way for a while, the driver waves him past, causing Mann to nearly hit an oncoming vehicle. The station attendant tells Mann he needs a new radiator hose, but Mann scoffs, believing that the attendant is trying to sell him an unnecessary replacement part.īack on the road, the truck catches up and passes Mann, then blocks his path each time he attempts to pass it. Mann phones his wife, who is upset with him after an argument the previous night. Mann pulls into a gas station and the truck parks next to him. When Mann overtakes and passes it again, the truck blasts its horn. Mann passes the truck but it speeds up, roars past him, then resumes driving slowly. It has since been recognized as an influential cult classic, one of the greatest films ever made for television.ĭavid Mann, a middle-aged salesman driving on a business trip in a Plymouth Valiant sedan, encounters a dilapidated tanker truck driving slowly in the Mojave Desert. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with Spielberg's direction being singled out for praise. It later received an international theatrical release in an extended version featuring scenes shot after the film's original TV broadcast. ![]() Produced by Universal Television, Duel originally aired as a part of the ABC Movie of the Week series on November 13, 1971. The screenplay by Richard Matheson adapts his own short story of the same name. ![]() However, he finds himself chased and terrorized by the mostly-unseen driver of a semi-truck. ![]() It centers on a business commuter, played by Dennis Weaver, driving his car through California to meet a client. Duel is a 1971 American action-thriller television film directed by Steven Spielberg.
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