The Devil at Your Heels
"The story of a daredevil... Ken Carter wants to jump a car a mile"
Overview
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.
About The Devil at Your Heels (1981)
Released in 1981, The Devil at Your Heels is a documentary film from ONF | NFB (Canada). It was directed by Robert Fortier and written by David Wilson and Charles Lazer. The cast is led by Gordon Pinsent, Ken Carter, Evel Knievel, Dar Robinson and Robert Fortier. With a runtime of 1h 43m, the film averages 5.9/10 across 7 TMDB ratings.
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