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Jake Speed

1986-05-30 · 100 min · ★ 4.6

Action · Comedy · Thriller

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 CrawfordWayne CrawfordJake Speed
Karen KopinsKaren KopinsMargaret Winston
Dennis ChristopherDennis ChristopherDesmond Floyd
John HurtJohn HurtSyd
Leon AmesLeon AmesPop Winston
Roy LondonRoy LondonMaurice
Donna PescowDonna PescowWendy
Barry PrimusBarry PrimusLawrence
Monte MarkhamMonte MarkhamMr Winston
Millie PerkinsMillie PerkinsMrs Winston
Rebecca AshleyMaureen Winston
Alan ShearmanAlan ShearmanRodrigo
Karl JohnsonCharles
Sal ViscusoSal ViscusoNews stand Attendant
Ken LernerKen LernerKen
Peter FoxPeter FoxPriest
Ian YuleIan YuleBill Smith
Ken GampuKen GampuJoe Smith
Joseph RibeiroJoseph RibeiroNigel
Jean-Marc MorelParis Gunman #1

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