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Duel

Year:

1971

Duration:

90 min | USA:74 min (original version)

Genres:

Action | Mystery | Thriller

IMDB rate:

7.7

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1971-11-13

Filming Locations: Acton, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Gene Dynarski

Dennis Weaver

David Mann

Jacqueline Scott

Mrs. Mann

Eddie Firestone

Cafe Owner

Lou Frizzell

Bus Driver

Lucille Benson

Lady at Snakerama

Tim Herbert

Gas Station Attendant

Charles Seel

Old Man

Shirley O'Hara

Waitress

Alexander Lockwood

Old Man in Car

Amy Douglass

Old Woman in Car

Dick Whittington

Radio Interviewer (voice)

Carey Loftin

The Truck Driver

Dale Van Sickel

Car Driver (as Dale VanSickle)

Shawn Steinman

Girl on school bus (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

David Mann and Mrs. Mann are the only characters in the movie with names.

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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 similar couple in a red car acts out the same ordeal in Back to the Future (1985), of which Steven Spielberg was the Executive Producer.

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The truck going over the cliff was done in one take. It had to be because they couldn't afford other trucks with the film's very low budget.

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Goofs

Toward the end, Mann has smashed his car into the mountain and sustained considerable front-end damage; yet in the subsequent brief shot of him leaping from the vehicle, the front of the car looks perfectly fine.

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When Mann's car starts acting up you can see someone (Spielberg himself per various sources) in the backseat of his car in the rear-view mirror.

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Reflected in the phone booth, and in the table at Chuck's Cafe (it's Steven Spielberg).

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Quotes

David Mann: You can't beat me on the grade. You can't beat me on the grade!

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David Mann: That truck driver's crazy, he's been trying to kill me, I mean it!

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David Mann: How can he go so fast?

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