Jake Speed
1986, Film, 105 min, Action, Adventure, Comedy, English, United States, MoviePedia score 57
More than a myth. Less than a legend. And a bit too big for his boots
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.
Directed by Andrew Lane
Cast
- Wayne Crawford as Jake Speed
- Dennis Christopher as Desmond Floyd
- Karen Kopins as Margaret Winston
- John Hurt as Sid
- Leon Ames as Pop Winston
- Roy London as Maurice
- Donna Pescow as Wendy
- Barry Primus as Lawrence
- Monte Markham as Mr. Winston
- Millie Perkins as Mrs. Winston
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