“Just don't go anywhere, that's the best thing”The panel of peril walk home because, save for the off chance of a piano falling from a great height onto your head, it is statistically the safest form of travel. That fact is born out by this week’s film, Duel (Steven Spielberg, 1971).David Mann (Dennis Weaver) is a middle-aged salesman driving across the Mojave desert for an important meeting. It’s a long drive, very hot, his wife (Jacqueline Scott) is none too happy with him at the moment, and to compound all of that he has raised the ire of a mysterious truck driver…Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SutDTIhbQ2g********PLOT SPOILER ALERT********Following a perfectly reasonable overtaking manoeuvre, Mann is relentlessly pursued by the 18-wheeler, in a deadly game of one upmanship. Though the trucker’s identity is obscured his intentions are quite clear: the vehicular homicide of our friendly neighbourhood salesman!Did the panel enjoy this week’s televisual/cinematic serving? Could they find a way to improve the mystery man’s villainous plan? And who will be named this week’s most diabolical (person/podcast((er)))?https://twitter.com/diabolicalpodhttps://www.instagram.com/diabolicalpod/https://www.facebook.com/diabolicalpodEmail diabolicalpod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.