Duel (teleplay)

E197022

"Duel" is a 1971 television thriller teleplay about a motorist terrorized by a mysterious truck driver, later adapted into a highly regarded feature film.

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Duel (teleplay) canonical 2
David Mann in Duel 1
Duel (1971 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feature film
road movie
television film
thriller
adaptedAs Duel
surface form: Duel (1971 feature film)
audioFormat Mono
author Richard Matheson
basedOn Duel
surface form: Duel (short story)

Duel (teleplay) self-linksurface differs
cinematographyBy Jack A. Marta
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Steven Spielberg
distributor ABC
editedBy Frank Morriss
executiveProducer Herb Solow
featuresVehicle Peterbilt
surface form: Peterbilt 281 tanker truck
filmingLocation California, United States
surface form: California
followedBy Duel
surface form: Duel (1971 feature film)
genre psychological thriller
road movie
thriller
hasTheme anonymity of evil
road rage
survival
language English
mainCharacter David Mann
musicBy Billy Goldenberg
notableElement the truck driver’s face is never clearly shown
notableFor early directorial work of Steven Spielberg
originalChannel American Broadcasting Company
originalLanguage English
originallyBroadcastAs television film
originalNetwork ABC
originalReleaseDate 1971-11-13
partOfSeries ABC Movie of the Week
pictureFormat Color
plotSummary A motorist is relentlessly terrorized on a remote highway by a mysterious truck driver driving a massive tanker truck.
portrayedBy Dennis Weaver
producer George Eckstein
productionCompany Universal Television
releaseYear 1971
runtime 74 minutes
screenplayBy Richard Matheson
setIn California, United States
surface form: California
starring Dennis Weaver
Eddie Firestone
Jacqueline Scott
writer Richard Matheson

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Richard Matheson wrote Duel (teleplay)
Duel hasFilmAdaptation Duel (teleplay)
this entity surface form: Duel (1971 film)
Duel (teleplay) basedOn Duel (teleplay) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Duel (1971 feature film)
Dennis Weaver role Duel (teleplay)
this entity surface form: David Mann in Duel