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Duel is a 1971 American road action-thriller [ 1 ][ 2 ] television film directed by Steven Spielberg. It centers on a traveling salesman David Mann (Dennis Weaver) driving his car through rural California to meet a client. However, he finds himself chased and terrorized by the mostly unseen driver of a semi-truck.
Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is best known as the author of I Am Legend, a 1954 science fiction horror novel that has been adapted for the screen three times. Matheson himself was co-writer of the first film ...
A model 281 was prominently featured in the made-for-TV movie Duel, directed by 23-year-old Steven Spielberg, [2] in 1971. [1] When the film was released theatrically in overseas markets, additional scenes were filmed in order to lengthen it to 90-minute feature length.
Duel. The Code Of Honor—A Duel in the Bois De Boulogne, Near Paris, wood-engraving after Godefroy Durand, Harper's Weekly (January 1875) A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people with matched weapons. During the 17th and 18th centuries (and earlier), duels were mostly single combats fought with swords (the rapier and later ...
Teresa Gallagher, American-born British actress, voice actress and singer. March 2. Stefano Accorsi, Italian actor. Method Man, American actor and musician. Amber Smith, American actress. March 4 - Shavar Ross, American actor, director, screenwriter, producer and editor.
(The truck not bursting into flames wouldn't have had anything to do with a sequel anyway, since Duel was made decades before it became common practice to have every movie hint at its sequel.) The truck exploded into flames in Matheson's script, but Spielberg felt it would be more haunting if Mann and the viewer could look upon the wreckage of ...
Steven Spielberg filmography. Steven Spielberg is an American director, producer and writer. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era, as well as one of the most popular directors and producers in film history. [1] He is also one of the co-founders of Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks Pictures, and DreamWorks Animation.
Relatives. Geoffrey Deuel (brother), Pamela Duel. Peter Ellstrom Deuel (February 24, 1940 – December 31, 1971), known professionally as Pete Duel, was an American stage, television, and film actor, best known for his starring role as outlaw Hannibal Heyes (alias Joshua Smith) in the television series Alias Smith and Jones.