I just turned on "Duel" on EMYSTERY. Remember this gem?

[maveric]

A made for TV movie from 1971. Steven Speilberg's first flick about a big-rig chasing and terrorizing an innocent motorist.
This movie creeped me out in 1971 and still does today.
Dennis Weaver stars in this one.

[Gormy Cuss]

1. Yep, and I remember it most for its creepiness. n/t

[Throd]

2. The Valiant was the true star.

[maveric]

3. I had one of those!

Ugly as hell but it ran great!

[Gold Metal Flake]

4. "Who are you!"

Good film.

[NC_Nurse]

5. I remember it!

It was really scary!

I told my kids that though, and they didn't agree at all. They were like "All he does is drive around this whole movie? How boring!"

Kids! What do they know! ;)

[Little Wing]

6. Definitely "Road Jaws"

:D

[Suich]

7. This was a short story in Playboy.

Just as scary in print as on film!

:hi:

[sarge43]

8. It's to cross country driving as Psycho is to showers. n/t

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. I read the short story before I saw the film

Hell of a story, but the film was even better. Amazing camera work, outstanding performance by Dennis Weaver.



"You can't beat me on the grade! YOU CAN'T BEAT ME ON THE GRADE!"

[pokerfan]

10. According to the writer

According to Richard Matheson, he was inspired to write the original short story "Duel" after an encounter with a tail-gating truck driver on November 22, 1963, the day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated.