Jake Speed (1986)

  • PG
  • 05/30/1986 (US)
  • Action, Comedy, Thriller
  • 1h 40m

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.

Andrew Lane

Director, Screenplay

Wayne Crawford

Screenplay

Cast

Wayne Crawford's headshot

Wayne Crawford

Jake Speed
Karen Kopins's headshot

Karen Kopins

Margaret Winston
Dennis Christopher's headshot

Dennis Christopher

Desmond Floyd
John Hurt's headshot

John Hurt

Syd
Leon Ames's headshot

Leon Ames

Pop Winston
Roy London's headshot

Roy London

Maurice
Donna Pescow's headshot

Donna Pescow

Wendy
Barry Primus's headshot

Barry Primus

Lawrence

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