The Devil at Your Heels (1981)
The story of a daredevil... Ken Carter wants to jump a car a mile
Devil at Your Heels, traces the trials of stuntman Ken Carter who attempts a death-defying aerial jump in a car. Not content with a normal jump, Ken Carter attempts a jump from Canada to the USA. This feature-length documentary shines a light on the intense preparation that led to Carter’s first attempt to jump a car across a mile-wide stretch of the St. Lawrence River – a 5-year period during which the dare-devil raised a million dollars, erected a 10-storey take-off ramp and built a rocket-powered car. Winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 4th Genie Awards in 1983.
- Date of release
- 1981-03-13
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Robert Fortier
Casting
- Gordon Pinsent — Narrator (Voice)
- Ken Carter — Himself
- Evel Knievel — Himself
- Dar Robinson — Himself
- Robert Fortier — Himself
- Kenny Powers — Himself
- Mark Sennet — Himself
- Hugh Kennedy — Self
- Dick Keller — Self
- Slam'n Sammy Miller — Self
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