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Jake Speed

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

4.4 average rating
4.4
English / 100 MIN. / 1986

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Wayne CrawfordKaren KopinsDennis ChristopherJohn HurtLeon AmesRoy LondonDonna PescowBarry PrimusMonte MarkhamMillie PerkinsRebecca AshleyAlan ShearmanKarl JohnsonSal ViscusoKen LernerPeter FoxIan YuleKen GampuJoseph RibeiroJean-Marc MorelBernard CrombeyLisa LucasRobert Winley

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