What is the name of the 1971 Spielberg film which pits Dennis Weaver against an unseen truck driver?
Duel (1971 film) Duel (1971 film) Duel is a 1971 American television (and later full-length theatrical) road thriller film written by Richard Matheson, which is based on his own short story. The film is the full-length film directing debut of American director, producer, and screenwriter Steven Spielberg. "Duel" stars Dennis Weaver who portrays a terrified motorist driving a Plymouth Valiant who is stalked upon remote and lonely California canyon roads by the mostly unseen driver of an unkempt 1960 Peterbilt 351 tanker truck. David Mann is a middle-aged salesman driving on a business trip. He encounters a dilapidated tanker truck in the Mojave
Duel (1971 film) Orson Welles' "Touch of Evil". Weaver repeats one of his lines from "Touch of Evil", telling the truck driver in the cafe that he has "another think coming." This phrase is commonly misstated as "another thing coming", as Weaver's character did in "Touch of Evil". In the Archive of American Television website, Spielberg is quoted in an interview given by Weaver as saying: "You know, I watch that movie at least twice a year to remember what I did". Matheson's script made explicit that the unnamed truck driver, the villain of the film, is unseen aside from the shots of