The Devil at Your Heels
7.7
“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.
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Cast
10 people
Gordon Pinsent
Narrator (Voice)
Known for
The Pillars of the Earth
Away from Her
Ken Carter
Himself
Evel Knievel
Himself
Also in
The Last of the Gladiators
The Bionic Woman
Dar Robinson
Himself
Known for
Stick
Robert Fortier
Himself
Kenny Powers
Himself
Mark Sennet
Himself
Hugh Kennedy
Self
Dick Keller
Self
Slam'n Sammy Miller
Self
Also in
Hot Rod
Robert Fortier Director · Charles Lazer Writer David Wilson Writer
Budget $300K · United States release October 1, 1981 · Produced in Canada
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Budget
$300,000
Production
ONF | NFB
Production
National Film Board of Canada
Production
Canada
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · March 13, 1981
Theatrical
United States · October 1, 1981
Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
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