Duel (teleplay)

E197022
feature film road movie television film thriller

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

Statements (48)

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