Duel

E197017
short story suspense story work of fiction

"Duel" is a suspenseful short story by Richard Matheson, best known through its acclaimed 1971 film adaptation about a motorist terrorized by a mysterious truck on a remote highway.

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Label Occurrences
Duel canonical 7
Duel (1971 feature film) 2
Duel (short story) 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf short story ⓘ
suspense story ⓘ
work of fiction ⓘ
adaptationCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
adaptationLanguage English ⓘ
adaptationNetwork ABC ⓘ
adaptationReleaseYear 1971 ⓘ
adaptationScreenwriter Richard Matheson ⓘ
adaptationType television film ⓘ
adaptedBy Steven Spielberg ⓘ
author Richard Matheson ⓘ
centralConflict motorist vs. mysterious truck driver ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstPublicationYear 1971 ⓘ
genre psychological thriller ⓘ
suspense ⓘ
hasFilmAdaptation Duel (teleplay) ⓘ
surface form: Duel (1971 film)
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter David Mann ⓘ
medium prose ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
originallyPublishedIn Playboy ⓘ
surface form: Playboy magazine
protagonistOccupation businessman ⓘ
setting California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

remote highway ⓘ
theme anonymity of violence ⓘ
paranoia ⓘ
road rage ⓘ
survival ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richard Matheson → notableWork → Duel ⓘ
Richard Matheson → wrote → Duel ⓘ
Propaganda → notableWork → Duel ⓘ
Dr. Mabuse → followedBy → Duel ⓘ
Matheson → notableWork → Duel ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Matheson
Duel (teleplay) → basedOn → Duel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duel (short story)
Duel (teleplay) → followedBy → Duel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duel (1971 feature film)
Duel (teleplay) → adaptedAs → Duel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duel (1971 feature film)
Dennis Weaver → notableWork → Duel ⓘ
Gary Langan → notableWork → Duel ⓘ