Friday Night Movie number 90 – ‘Duel’

 

I was so pleased to find this film available on line as it’s one of my favourites. ‘Duel’ an early film by Stephen Spielberg made in 1971 and is about a car driver who gets into conflict with the driver of a petrol tanker. We never see the driver of the lorry in any great detail and most of the film centres around the car driver, played by Dennis Weaver, trying to escape the lorry driver who seems intent on killing the car driver.

This is an excellent classic film with an interesting premise, the randome highway assailant, a brilliant pacey but low key script and an exciting ending.

This movie is one of my favourites and I hope you enjoy it too.