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Duel
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #797
- IMDb #896
- Google retired #1514
- Rotten Tomatoes #885
- Metacritic #551
- Letterboxd #1090
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1067
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1248
- Metacritic Critics #656
- Metacritic Audience #692
- Criticker #715
- Douban #774
- Kinopoisk #1225
- AlloCiné #377
- Trakt #1597
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 61, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 90.
See the most agreed on films →A mild-mannered businessman driving through the California desert is suddenly targeted for no reason by the malevolent driver of a massive, grimy tanker truck. A relentless, high-speed game of cat and mouse ensues on the empty highways, pushing the man to the brink of survival.
Details
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Writer
- Richard Matheson
- Studio
- Universal Television
- Released
- 25 December 1971
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $450.0K
- Box office
- $2.5K
- Awards
- 2 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 5 →1 major award won · 2 wins from 5 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Emmy 1972 | Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing | Winner | |
| Emmy 1972 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Entertainment Programming - For a Special or Feature Length Program Made for Television | Nominee | |
| Golden Globe 1972 | Best Movie Made for TV | Nominee | |
| Saturn Award 2003 | Best DVD Classic Film Release | Nominee | |
| Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival 1973 | Grand Prize | Winner |
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×| Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing | Winner | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Entertainment Programming - For a Special or Feature Length Program Made for Television | Nominee |
| Best Movie Made for TV | Nominee |
| Grand Prize | Winner |
| Best DVD Classic Film Release | Nominee |