Writer : Richard Matheson Director : Steven Spielberg Year : 1971 Duel is a suspense road-thriller set on the highways of California. The film is the second feature in Spielberg's career, and he has quoted "Duel has given him a career". The story is very simple and at the same time terrifying. Richard Matheson wrote the story inspired by his experience on the road when he was tailgated by trucker. The story was made into a Television film and later into a feature film. The television version was 74 minutes long, and various scenes were shot later and expanded the movie to 90 minutes. The story begins with the encounter of David Mann with a tanker truck while on his business trip in the Mojave deserts of California. Mann passes a truck who later overtakes him and when Mann attempts to pass the truck another time the driver blasts the horn. After successfully leaving some distance between him and the truck, Mann pulls into a gas station to call his wife