I didn’t know much about Evil Knievel as a kid, but all my friends knew about the jump he made on December 31, 1967, New Year’s Eve at Caesar’s Palace.
I had no idea John Derek and Linda Evans were involved
Knievel, at the age of 29, used his own money to have actor/director John Derek produce a film of the Caesars jump. To keep costs low, Derek employed his then-wife Linda Evans as one of the camera operators. It was Evans who filmed the famous landing. On the morning of the jump, Knievel stopped in the casino and placed his last $100 on the blackjack table (which he lost), stopped by the bar, and had a shot of Wild Turkey, and then headed outside where he was joined by several members of the Caesars staff, as well as two showgirls.[citation needed]
