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First chase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTgzfjoNRlk
Last chase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QIX--AxvzI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel_(1971_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Matheson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Valiant#In_popular_culture
The surviving "Duel" (1971) truck, restored, at the 2010 Virginia-Carolina Truck Show, beside a Plymouth Valiant
FoamingToad
Richard "I am legend" Matheson? TIL.
LeonSpinks
I play meat.
friendsofsandwiches
Commenting here so I can come back to this.
arajad
Spielberg borrowed a roar from a cheesy dinosaur flick for the truck. He used it again at the climax of Jaws.
PutItInNeutral
This made for TV movie was Spielberg's directorial debut.
SwissScars
Two Lane Blacktop (1971) had the advantage of having James Taylor - good year for Road movies, even without Bing & Bob...
LariCheltsy
THIS IS THE BEST POST EVER!! Mine (note the plate):
LariCheltsy
I had never seen the comic either, thanks!
GreaseMonkeyOfLove
“Fill her with Ethyl?” “If Ethyl don’t mind!”
LariCheltsy
cosinewave
Dennis Weaver was great in that. It was the first film directed by Spielberg IIRC.
FoamingToad
You remember correctly.