DUEL - Filming Locations - 1971 - 2023 

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How amazing that the SAME road was closed 52 years later!

This movie will forever be one of my favorite movies of all time. The suspense and the car chase is far better than anything I've seen in modern movies. Steven Spielberg and Dennis Weaver deserve huge applause for creating such a timeless classic. It's quite amazing how a movie with a simple plot like this can be made into such a fantastic thriller.

Personally, I was very fascinated by the Californian landscapes of the 70s, its small towns in the interior, its motels, its gas stations etc. . I am nostalgic for that time.

What are the odds that the road block would be in the same spot decades later? Amazing.

Great work. Fell in love with this brilliant movie when I was 15 in 1978. The genius of Spielberg with the panoramic views with cameras mounted on the vehicles have made it a classic. Nobody could have played this role as well as Weaver!

Thank you! This was so very well made! Not only are the "then & now" locations interesting, but the presentation of it outstanding! Very well executed indeed!

I remember reading the short story in one of my dad's Playboy magazines. I know, I know, I read the article. The artwork caught my eye. Of course, I looked at the centerfold, she's a grandmother now. I was 15. Thanks for this.

Duel has been a true classic and I still remember being scared out of my mind as a 6 year old in 1971 watching this movie with my family. The suspense was non-stop and everything Spielberg involved was terrifying including the choice of truck to use for the film. For those that do not know, Steven Spielberg used the exact premise of Duel when filming Jaws. He felt the unknown was more terrifying than actually seeing what was coming... With that concept of not seeing the truck driver and only that menacing looking truck, he never showed the full shark in Jaws until the last 30 minutes of the movie making it even more terrifying and creating the first Summer blockbuster. Duel was the first of many to come. Pure genius...

You’ve produced an outstanding video here. Carefully detailed, high quality, perfectly organized and edited. I seen Duel many times and you’re film is a gem that satisfies us the many fans!

I seen duel for the first time in 1992 when I was 16 ,,it blew me away,,,still my fav movie to this day..

You can watch this with no sound and the movie still keeps you involved!

I've seen this movie at least 6 times, and i discover new little details every time! It's a classic!

Thank you so much for making this comparison video 👍🏼 One of my favourite movies; an absolutely timeless classic that never seems to age and crazy to think that Dennis Weaver (had he still been with us) would be turning 100 next year. 😱

Thank you so much for producing this. I saw it as young kid in my local fleapit cinema in rural Australia. Gave me nightmares for weeks.

I love everything about this classic it came out the year I was born..Superb thanks ❤

I was 15 when I watched that movie, I was amazed with that old Peterbilt. 6 years later I got a job at the Peterbilt Plant in Newark California. Watching your video, I was also amazed at how much Dennis Weaver looked like Billy Martin, the manager for the A's and Yankees. A big 👍

Saw Duel as an 11 year old, love the movie. Dennis Weaver was well known already playing Macloud on TV.

Hi from Russia. It's my favourite film. I was a child when looked it. Now I look Duel every summer))

Nice work, the film had such a simple plot but Spielberg does such an excellent job of keeping you on the edge of the seat for the entire film. These old films are a great snapshot of an America long since gone....

Such a great flick!!! I was 14 in 1971 when I saw Duel on TV. Edge of the seat, wild ride of a movie!!!

I first watched this movie with my Mom on TV around 1975-76. It was spellbinding even then as a 12 year old. We used to drive similar roads out to Lancaster and Mt Wilson. RIP Mom. Nice work putting this together. 👌🏽

I love stuff like that. A hearty thank you from Germany. It´s great to watch this.

Loved this movie. Thank you for taking the time to do this. 👍

Beautiful, and so well done, Duel is a classic of American cinema with these magnificent regions...thank you very much!!!

Outstanding work! I’m old enough to remember this when it was released. Scared the crap out of me! Still a great movie and possibly the inspiration for “Jaws”. Your research and filming are top notch. 👍

That was awesome! Great job. Looks like many Rockford Files episodes were shot in and around that area.

Great movie had me freaking out. I had a 1971 Plymouth Valiant, green. What fun, would pack it full with all my friends

This is the best video on RU-vid. No kidding.

What a great video about a really fun movie. It's interesting to see what has changed and what hasn't in 52 years. Thanks for posting.

Nicely done. Note that the entire opening coming out of the house, driving out of LA, the laundromat interior, railroad crossing and Soledad tunnel scenes were not in the original broadcast version at all. Those scenes were filmed a full year later in order to make the movie long enough for overseas theatrical release.

Quite simply one of the greatest movies ever made. Stunning on every level. Spielberg showed his legendary genius early on...

This movie was the BEST need to see it again. I loved the truck they used

Dual was one of the simplest, most intense movies I ever saw. Non stop entertainment. Or as TV Guide described it , "high octane" entertainment.

Love these retro looks at locations scenes. Fascinating the difference in the camera resolutions from then and today.

Fascinating then and now. thanks for sharing.

What an Excellent Film I have seen and thanks for Revisited those root after many years...

They found the most menacing looking truck they could find. Still freaked about it to this day.

That was an awful lot of work to go to these locations and put this all together. Thank you - as a fan of the movie I really enjoyed this!

I first saw this movie over 20 years ago by mistake, I was bored and flipping the controller, stumbled upon it and would never be the same, Classic.

This as always been a favourite of mine, the filming of the movie was so realistic, the vehicles and panoramic views, these movies came along before the computerized technology,I was a truck driver for many years and came to realise how intimidating you could be behind a can on a remote road if you wanted to pass sounding your horn and flashing your lights,the 70s movies were more real and believable,as like Bullitt and French connection car chases proved and remain the best of all time 🎥

Great movie, I remember watching this on TV as a kid and being on the edge of my seat the whole time. Just recently rewatched it and it's still a good movie.

One of my favorite movies of all time.

GP,, WOW!!! SO GREAT AWSOME ,, MY SON MAX 8 LOVES THIS MOVIE I DO TO ... WE LOVE OLD CARS ,, THE LOCATIONS ARE STILL AROUND GREAT JOB,, THANKS,...

I've driven this road literally hundreds of times to visit my friends while I was in LA. I saw Duel when I was about 10 or 11 back in the 70's and it's remained one of my favourite films. Thanks so much for taking the time to do this video! I hope to return someday and drive those same roads (and through THAT tunnel!) once again! Cheers from Australia.

Amazing work. Thanks for upload!!

One of my favorite movies ever. I can play this movie over and over. Thanks for sharing. Thank you for taking the time to put it all together. 👍

The oft-featured Sierra Hwy was originally part of US 6, which ran from Boston to Los Angeles. It still exists in California between Bishop and the state line. It's a great little drive from Canyon Country (north of LA) out to the desert, where it runs into US 395. I think it's a great little piece of movie magic that a round trip through LA County can be made to look like a linear chase movie.

In middle school I stayed home from school on a sick day, probably around 94 or 95. This was the day time movie on tbs or something, I remember I was gonna change the channel because it just seemed old and out dated, but I watched the whole movie and loved it

As a kid of the 70’s I would scour the TV Guide for this move, and one other highway terror movie, Night Terror, in which Valery Harper is a housewife terrorized by a psycho killer. Both movies would often be played as the late, late, late movie and I would never miss either one! My parents certainly would not let me stay up that late to watch a scary movie, so I would set my alarm for 1am, sneak down to the den and sit 6 inches from the TV with the volume real low! The next day when I was too tired to go to school I would fake a stomach ache, stay home from school and watch The Price is Right and Let’s make a Deal while mom made me cinnamon toast! My parents were either very naive, or more likely just great parents who gave me a wonderful childhood. Rest in Peace Mom and Dad. 😘

Great video, thanks for posting, I remember the movie Duel, classic movie, which shows you don't need fancy special effects to make a great film, just a car and a truck.

Ive seen Duel again recently, a masterpiece, thanks for showing how things have changed or not changed along Dave's drive of doom.

Still one of my all time favorites.Watched it as 11 y/o kid. The TV network hyped and promoted it, so I was anxious to watch it. Is on my bucket list to ride to the highway on my motorcycle.

This is one of my favorite 70's movies Carey loftin the truck driver was awesome....who ever did this should do a then and now scenes on the movie ...The car👍🏿

Thank you, this was really cool to watch! Remember watching it when it premiered!!!

One of my absolute favorite movies......Thanks for this.

Cool video! At exactly 2:49 I spotted something that I remembered very well as a kid. On the far left of the frame you can see part of the 14/5 interchange where the connecting ramp collapsed during the Sylmar quake. In this shot you can see both the section remaining as well as a small part of the ramp that fell onto the ground below. Even crazier, in 1994 the rebuilt ramp *also* collapsed during the Northridge quake.

One of mt all-time favorites! Had me nail biting and glued to the T.V.! I Understand this was a low budget made for T.V. movie one of the best offerings from a very young Spielberg and Dennis Weaver was spectacular in this as well! 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you for making this video. This movie is the greatest movie of all time. It's very nostalgic watching this. That road is still closed! Too bad it was private land at the end. That scene is beautiful! I watched this movie for the first time when I was 9 (1979). Scared the shit outta me, lol. 😂

Think about this: tv networks showed their tv movies ONE TIME. They might repeat it once (& its sold to other markets), but usually if you missed oit, you missed it, unless it showed up on a Saturday afternoon movie randomly.

Great film back in the day and fascinating to see the locations today. Love it, thank you ❤.

Amazing job of what I believe is an underrated movie

You did remarkably great job. Thanks a million to revisited us locations after decades. ❤❤

This is so underrated. What a classic film and gem. Probably one of my favorites from this era. I always thought that the mystery behind the devilish driver of the truck adds so much to the film as much as the other aspects of intensity and suspense. Thanks for the video and shots about this location, then and now. As a Californian, I love that.

Excellent video, I think is such good film for Spielberg's first film. I've ordered a copy on 4K blu-ray.

Love this movie and it's interesting how some of has changed and lot of it is still the same. I though it hilarious that the road was closed AGAIN as you drove through! This has to be the first video I've seen that revisits the locations in the movie, great job!

One of my fave movies! Thank you for creating this!

I seen this movie Duel hundreds of times and still love watched today. I might one day drive to the areas where they film this movie. Thank you for making this video!

I remember watching this movie on back when all we had were 3 channels on TV. As a kid this movie scared the crap out of me.

Should have taken a sick day. Was 17 when I saw it. Still watch ⌚️ now again. Nothing made like 😢 this any more

That was pretty cool! One of my favorite movies that I've watched numerous times and it doesn't get old on me.

One of the best movies ever made in the history of time~ Thank you very much for your contribution to Posterity~

Nicely done, I really like these then and now compilations.

It must have taken you a lot of effort to make this. What a labor of love. Outstanding...even using the same font! As a Duel fanatic, I can't tell you how much I appreciate this. I saw this as a little kid and it gave me nightmares for years. I still love to watch it and quote every line. So happy to see Chuck's Cafe is still standing. Btw, I play meat.

What an incredible video you've made for one of my favourite movies .Kudos!!!

Thank you for sharing. Nice film editing, says someone who knows how much work it is. I rode through there in May 2018 and had magical memories of St. Spielberg's great debut film.

Just subscribed! Thank you for this . Last week, this 52 year old movie arrived from Amazon and I watched it again! I hadn't seen it years and years Classic Spielberg

Great work. Everything seems greener now!

Thanks for making this! I loved it

Great video, nice work,i watched duel as a kid in the 70s,loved it then and love it now,such an amazing brilliantly shot and acted film👌😀👍

Can’t believe that same railroad crossing is still there, that’s so cool 👍🏻

Thanks for this!! Well done. I’d never heard of this movie until I came across it on network tv about 20 years ago. We’ve seen this story before but Spielberg, even early on, makes it special and gripping and the locations play a large role in that. Seriously underrated flick

Thanks ever so much. I was 12 when this aired originally. Still love it and watch it every couple of years. Plan to visit these locations next year.

I remember watching this on TV when I was a young kid. It was on the edge suspense throughout the whole movie.

Great movie & awesome video. Thank you.

Tremendous video! I thoroughly enjoyed watching and appreciate the research and great effort to produce it. One of my favourite movies as a young lad. We didn't receive it in Australia until the mid 70s, or at least that's when I first saw it. I'd like to drive that route some day to fully appreciate it 👍 I love then and now footage, I'm particularly amazed how similar a lot of the landscape is to this day. Sincere thanks!...I will watch this movie in full again...might even get a new DVD 😁

Very well done. Research was exceptional

Superb video great to see the filming locations then and now ,i always loved this film Dennis weaver was a great actor a simple film idea that worked and was massively entertaining .

This movie is extremely underrated!

Loved it. Well done. One of my favorite movies. ✌️

Superb!!! Thanks for creating this and bringing back memories.

Wow, simply WOW!! Fabulous. Great film, great editing.

I was 12 in 1971. Scared the heck out of me all these years. I had no idea until now that this was a Spielberg movie. How cool!

Such a classic iconic film that I first saw when I was a youngster and still watch it yet even at the age of 56, it’s fantastic that most of the places from the film haven’t changed much. I wonder if the car and truck wrecks are still at the bottom of that valley at the end of the film….

I love the way you put this together. Just fantastic. Those canyon and valley roads out that way make for a wonderful drive in a C3 Corvette. Cheers! 😊

Brilliant idea this video! Thank you for this great pleasure 🙏

Excellent video. I was 15 years old when I saw this on TV. Jostled some sweet memories. Thank you!

Still one of the Spielberg´s best flick!

Brilliant movie and brilliant documentary! I would love to visit the filming spots once and drive along those roads with my motorcycle.

I watched this movie back in the day with my dad. I was fascinated with that rusty monster and imagined ways to set traps for it when I was a kid. I've driven Soledad and Sierra several times and still get star struct by all the film locations of this classic. Thanks for all your stellar work in putting this together. Fun stuff.