Film

Jake Speed

1986 · 1h 40m · Action · Comedy · Thriller

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

IMDb

4.9

Rotten Tomatoes

20%

Metacritic

42

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.

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

Rebecca Ashley

Maureen Winston

Alan Shearman

Rodrigo

Karl Johnson

Charles

Sal Viscuso

News stand Attendant

Ken Lerner

Ken

Peter Fox

Priest

• Andrew LaneDirector · Screenplay · Producer
• Wayne CrawfordScreenplay · Producer
• William FayProducer
• John F. RoachExecutive Producer
• Bryan LoftusDirector of Photography
• Mark SnowOriginal Music Composer
• Fred StaffordEditor
• Barbara DoddCasting

Jake Speed (1986) Premiere Home Entertainment Video Australia Trailer

Release date

May 30, 1986

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

PG

Genres

Action, Comedy, Thriller

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