Jake Speed
“More than a myth. Less than a legend. And a bit too big for his boots”
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.
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Cast
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Wayne Crawford
Jake Speed
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Karen Kopins
Margaret Winston
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Once Bitten
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Dennis Christopher
Desmond Floyd
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It
Django Unchained
John Hurt
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Alien
V for Vendetta
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Mister Ed
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Roy London
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Hardcore
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Donna Pescow
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Saturday Night Fever
Even Stevens
Barry Primus
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Known for
New York, New York
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Baywatch
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Millie Perkins
Mrs Winston
Known for
The Diary of Anne Frank
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Rebecca Ashley
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Alan Shearman
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Missing Link
Andrew Lane Director · Wayne Crawford Screenplay Mark Snow Composer
Worldwide gross $1.9M · United States release May 30, 1986 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,943,751
Production
Force 10 Productions
Production
Balcor Film Investors
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · May 30, 1986
Theatrical
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