Movie

Jake Speed (1986)

• PG
• May 30, 1986
• 1h 40m

• Action
• Comedy
• Thriller

“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.

Director

Andrew Lane

Writers

Andrew Lane, Wayne Crawford

Starring

Wayne Crawford, Karen Kopins, Dennis Christopher