

Jake Speed
1986-05-30 · 100 min · ★ 4.6
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.
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- Directors
- Andrew Lane
- Production companies
- Force 10 Productions, Balcor Film Investors
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Wayne CrawfordJake Speed
Karen KopinsMargaret Winston
Dennis ChristopherDesmond Floyd
John HurtSyd
Leon AmesPop Winston
Roy LondonMaurice
Donna PescowWendy
Barry PrimusLawrence
Monte MarkhamMr Winston
Millie PerkinsMrs Winston
Alan ShearmanRodrigo
Sal ViscusoNews stand Attendant
Ken LernerKen
Peter FoxPriest
Ian YuleBill Smith
Ken GampuJoe Smith
Joseph RibeiroNigelTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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