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There is an elderly couple who drive by in a red car. The woman yells at the man to keep driving. A [...]	D
In the Snakerama scene, there is an Old West wagon with the sign "Dr. Stringfellow's Rejuvenator Med [...]	D
Some of the scenes were later reused as stock footage in an episode of the television series, L'incr [...]	D
Steven Spielberg had considered Jean-Louis Trintignant for the David Mann part. He also wanted him f [...]	D
The driver's door on the truck is wide open when it plummets over the cliff. Stunt driver Carey Loft [...]	D
At the time of filming, the Federal Highway Administration had just introduced the all yellow center [...]	D
When Dennis Weaver pulls into the Snakarama/gas station, a red wagon can be seen in the background t [...]	D
Since filming only took about twelve days, it remains Steven Spielberg's personal benchmark for how [...]	D
Chevrolet station wagon at around 1:03 has manufacturer plates. (68 V MFG 015).	D
This was one of Dennis Weaver's first film roles after he left the television series, Gunsmoke (1955 [...]	D
The phone number Dennis Weaver dials to call his wife at the gas station is not the standard "555" m [...]	D
The license plates seen on the truck's front bumper: (right side) Wyoming 2(pic)471, '71; Nevada 208 [...]	D
Steven Spielberg says that many European film critics found abstract concepts in the film, such as c [...]	D
Dustin Hoffman was considered for David Mann.	D
Spielberg praised how the truck was handled in an exceptionally safe manner by 50 year old stunt dri [...]	D
When first screened in Europe, the TV movie received a theatrical release.	D
The added opening scene where you are looking at a dark screen and you hear a car start, as it turns [...]	D
The scene where the truck nearly kills David Mann by crashing into the phone booth while he was spea [...]	D
Dennis Weaver was so fond of the film that he watched it twice a year.	D
Steven Spielberg stated that he approached this movie in the manner of a "Toho" monster movie, repla [...]	D
Steven Spielberg was already a fan of writer Richard Matheson before he made this movie (due to Math [...]	D
David Janssen turned down the lead.	D
The sequence from the gas station in Acton to Chuck's Cafe takes 10:35 minutes for 10 miles, resulti [...]	D
In the early driving scenes when David Mann has entered the desert he listens to a prank call to the [...]	D
While many only first learned of Spielberg's name later after "Jaws" and "Close Encounters of the Th [...]	D
When the truck enters the gate during the climax of the film, it actually hits the camera: in the la [...]	D
This is one of the few Steven Spielberg films where John Williams did not do the score. The others b [...]	D
Steven Spielberg can be seen reflected in the telephone booth during the scene where David Mann is c [...]	D
"Chuck's Cafe" still exists today (as of 2021). A French restaurant occupies the original structure [...]	D
David Mann's car was a 1970 red Plymouth Valiant with California license plate 149 PCE.	D
During editing of the final scene when the truck plunges off the cliff, Spielberg immediately noted [...]	D
The dinosaur roar sound effect heard as the truck goes over the cliff is originally from Prigionieri [...]	D
There are many motifs throughout the movie relating to machismo, most of them ironic given David's m [...]	D
According to Richard Matheson, he was inspired to write the original short story "Duel" after an enc [...]	D
In 1971, Steven Spielberg's secretary suggested the story to him after reading it in Playboy magazin [...]	D
Although Steven Spielberg wanted Dennis Weaver from the beginning, Weaver actually wasn't signed unt [...]	D
ABC network executives found the ending unsatisfying. After viewing the finished film, the network i [...]	D
The license plates on the front of the truck are for each state that the truck drives in, kind of a [...]	D
According to Steven Spielberg, when he was making "Duel" and directing other television shows, he vi [...]	D
As the truck pulls into the gas station, there are 2 sets of audio for different releases of the mov [...]	D
A "made-for-TV" movie.	D
David Mann and Mrs. Mann are the only characters in the movie with names.	D
Billy Goldenberg had just a week to provide the score.	D
Network executives wanted the truck to explode after it went over the cliff. However, Steven Spielbe [...]	D
The truck driver is never seen driving the truck, except briefly through his side window during an e [...]	D
David Mann looks in the rear view mirror 65 times and over his shoulder 54 times.	D
Actor Dennis Weaver does most of his own driving in the film. However, at director Steven Spielberg' [...]	D
When writer Richard Matheson got the idea for DUEL after being hassled by a truck in real life, he w [...]	D
The license plate of David Mann's Plymouth Valiant in Duel, 149 PCE, is the same as the cop car in t [...]	D
With its original runtime of 74 minutes, the TV movie was not long enough to be released in theaters [...]	D
Steven Spielberg wanted Dennis Weaver for the role of David Mann after seeing his performance in the [...]	D
During the chase, a parked sedan resembling a squad car is seen, briefly raising Dennis Weaver's hop [...]	D
Lucille Benson (Lady at Snakerama Gas Station) also appears as a gas station attendant in Steven Spi [...]	D
All of it was shot on location.	D
Richard Matheson's story was originally published in Playboy. This would be Matheson's last short st [...]	D
Spielberg included the sound of synthesized dinosaur roar to enhance the ambient sounds of the truck [...]	D
Although the film's producers had suggested that the tanker truck should have exploded in a huge bal [...]	D
It was Dennis Weaver's role in "L'infernale Quinlan (1958)" that convinced Steven Spielberg that he [...]	D
When Carey Loftin, playing the truck driver, asked Steven Spielberg what his motivation was for torm [...]	D
While filming the shot where the truck drives off the cliff, a piece of machinery designed to keep t [...]	D
Universal shut down the production of Uno sceriffo a New York (1970) to allow Dennis Weaver to take [...]	D
When Universal Pictures decided to shoot additional scenes in order to increase the runtime and rele [...]	D
The Valiant used in the film was actually 3 different cars. For the television release there was a 1 [...]	D
The studio wanted Steven Spielberg to use rear projection for the scenes on the open road but Spielb [...]	D
The Chuck's Cafe scene contains a signature Steven Spielberg technique which he borrowed from direct [...]	D
Steven Spielberg said that the multiple license plates on the front bumper of the truck suggested th [...]	D
Parker Brothers merchandised the film with a board game. It didn't sell well, and examples have beco [...]	D
Instead of storyboarding, Steven Spielberg and his team made a huge aerial perspective map of the ro [...]	D
At the film's climax, an unnatural monstrous, animal-like roar can be heard as the truck crashes ove [...]	D
Gregory Peck was considered briefly to play the lead before it was decided to make it a TV-movie.	D
Steven Spielberg said he related to the idea of the truck bullying the driver because it was similar [...]	D
Steven Spielberg wanted David Mann's car to be red so it would stand out in the wide shots of the de [...]	D
The truck going over the cliff was done in one take. It had to be because they couldn't afford other [...]	D
Now Playing Podcast reviewed Duel. This film received two "recommends" and one "not recommend".	D
Steven Spielberg was shown seven different semi-trucks to choose from; he chose a Peterbilt because [...]	D
Richard Matheson initially considered having David Mann's wife with him in the car, to beef up the o [...]	D
After airing on U.S. TV, Steven Spielberg expanded it into a feature; this was the version released [...]	D
In May 1970 the FCC issued a Regulation effectively prohibiting on-air radio "prank" telephone calls [...]	D

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