Jake Speed

More than a myth. Less than a legend. And a bit too big for his boots

Jake Speed — Plot

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.

• Release date
• May 30, 1986
• Runtime
• 100 min
• Genres
• Action, Comedy, Thriller
• Director
• Andrew Lane

Jake Speed — 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