DUEL
Duel
is the best TV movie ever made by a first-time film director in 13 days
with practically no dialogue that isn't one guy talking to himself.
More importantly, it's also one of the supreme chase movies of all
time. (Plus, it has about thirty posters and many of them are just
awesome, but I think I like the one above most of all.)
1971
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Written by Richard Matheson (based on the short story)
With Dennis Weaver ft. Dale Van Sickle (David Mann) and Cary Loftin (The Truck Driver)
Spoiler alert: severe
Note: this is the re-edited text of a review written in April 2015; I assure you that my feelings have not changed a bit. but I repost it for completeness in the context of this, our Steven Spielberg retrospective, which begins right here and right now.
