Steven Spielberg Reflects On 'Duel' Nearly 50 Years Later; "It Qualified Me to Direct Jaws"

“It's a primal road rage story. You're watching a lightweight go up against a heavyweight champion.” Four years before forever changing the summer blockbuster with Jaws, Steven Spielberg made his feature debut with Duel, his 1971 adaptation of Richard Matheson’s road thriller that starred Dennis Weaver as a motorist being terrorized by a tanker truck […]