Jake Speed (1986)

05/30/1986 (US) • 1h 40m

Action, Comedy, Thriller

More than a myth. Less than a legend. And a bit too big for his boots

Overview

Jake Speed (Wayne Crawford) is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. A chiseled, heroic action figure, Speed saves lives on paper, but when a young girl is kidnapped and her sister (Karen Kopins) begs the real-life Speed for help, he must find a way to be as gallant as the book hero whose creation he's inspired. Accompanied by the victim's sibling, Speed flies to Africa to see if he's up to the task.

Top Billed Cast

Wayne Crawford

Jake Speed

Karen Kopins

Margaret Winston

Dennis Christopher

Desmond Floyd

Leon Ames

Pop Winston

Roy London

Maurice

Barry Primus

Lawrence

Monte Markham

Mr Winston


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

novelist

white slavers

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