Duel premieres on ABC’s Movie of the Week in 1971. Steven Spielberg’s feature film debut features a script by Richard Matheson and stars Dennis Weaver as a man pursued by a maniacal and unseen driver of a semi-truck. It is later given an international theatrical release, and often considered one of the greatest TV movies ever made.
This Day in Halloween: Steven Spielberg’s feature film debut "Duel" premieres on ABC’s Movie of the Week in 1971. / Illustration by Kat Embry
