I saw this episode of Hulk back in 1978 when it was first shown. I was 13 and had never seen or heard of Duel, so I thought this was a really great episode and wondered why all episodes of Hulk couldn't be this good and have this much action and vehicle stunts.
This would have been awesome to edit into rental VHS copies of Duel back in the day just to hear people talking about how they didn't see the end coming and watch people look at them like they were crazy talking about how Dennis Weaver hulked out. They would have thought they were high or it was an M Night Shamalan movie.
"Some of the scenes were later used as stock footage in The Incredible Hulk: Never Give a Trucker an Even Break (1978) an episode of "The Incredible Hulk". Obvious scenes used were the red Valiant slamming into the fence, the use of the same phantom truck in new TV footage, and the use of a similar Valiant in new TV footage. Unhappy by the discovery that footage from the movie was recycled, and unable to sue because the studio owned both the film and Hulk series, Steven Spielberg insisted that all his future contracts have a clause designed to protect his films from being used as stock footage. " - IMDb
@@wesleycook7687 Well there was only one truck when the tv version of Duel was made. Two others were hired to film the additional scenes for the theatrical version, one of which was reused to film scenes for The Incredible Hulk episode. The other truck which wasn't used at all in either media is the one that still remains today.
@@wesleycook7687 An interesting side note about the red Valiant. At least one used in the Hulk episode was a 3 speed on the column instead of automatic. In the scene where David first hotwires the car you can see the clutch pedal while he is under the dashboard playing with the wires.
@@wesleycook7687 No there was only 1 truck while they filmed the TV version of Duel. Spielberg himself says this in Duel's making documentary. There was no backup truck so they had to film the truck going over the cliff in one take. Here's the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eKKd8z-3GXo.htmlsi=Pp8VgVJA1rLWzcbb But it is true, 2 other trucks were found for the theatrical version, one of which survives today. 1 other truck was hired for The Incredible Hulk episode (none of the original trucks were re-used for The Incredible Hulk (something I got wrong in my original comment)).
@@MrDanielNewton I was talking about the movie version not the TV show. However, the same footage of the truck going over the cliff is the same in the movie and TV shows..
This was part of an Incredible Hulk episode where they used scenes from Duel. Universal owned the rights to both (Stephen Spielberg was not too happy about it) So they used the duel scenes and filmed the Hulk scenes and put them together for the episode.
I used to watch "The Hulk" on occasion, back in the day, & remember seeing this episode & thinking, "Hey, those are scenes from "Duel." Of course, Dennis Weaver wasn't shown-just Bill Bixby getting more & more agitated as the car started to overheat, & then....
That's awesome. Sometimes TV shows will use movie clips, so this may have been an actual episode of The Incredible Hulk, using the ending of DUEL. Or a very well-done parody. Either way, it's awesome!
@kimv020887 I am watching it right nov on tv, i had no clue but i recognized the truck and looked this up, they took a lot of cenes from Duel and incorporated them in a episode of the hulk! Amazing what lowbudget can do!
For those who don't know, portions of Duel were recycled in an episode of the 1970s TV show 'The Incredible Hulk' starring Lou Ferrigno. This is just the ending of that episode.
@ojideagu its not a elephant roar because steven speilburg said so him self during the special features watch the features it is also kind of interesting
I love seing the truck driver enthusiastically shift gears thinking he had hit the guy. I also like when he see's hes about to go off the cliff and that he slams on his breaks and locks the trailers breaks too. Its creepy in its own way but awsome another way
If he could turn into the damn Hulk, why didn't he do it in the beginning and completely avoid the stress he was put through? I'm glad they didn't use this ending.
That was dissapointing I thought a better ending might be that Dennis (God rest him) had taken his drycleaning and forgot to collect his change... Trucker was only trying to get his attention and hand it over!
@Snyarhedir God lnows they paid nothing to Spielberg. Universal owned DUEL as a ABC movie of the week, just as they owned HULK as series. Spielberg was furious about the fact they used the sequence without even asking his permission.
