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Jake Speed(1986)
Status: Released
Date: 1986-05-30
44%
15 Votes
Time: 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.
Languages: English, French.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Force 10 Productions
Balcor Film Investors
Movie: Jake Speed
Top 10 Billed Cast
Wayne Crawford
Jake Speed
Karen Kopins
Margaret Winston
Dennis Christopher
Desmond Floyd
John Hurt
Syd
Leon Ames
Pop Winston
Roy London
Maurice
Donna Pescow
Wendy
Barry Primus
Lawrence
Monte Markham
Mr Winston
Millie Perkins
Mrs Winston
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