Jake Speed

Release Date: 1986-05-30

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.

Rating: 4.4 / 10

Cast

Wayne Crawford

as Jake Speed

Karen Kopins

as Margaret Winston

Dennis Christopher

as Desmond Floyd

John Hurt

as Syd

Leon Ames

as Pop Winston

Crew

Andrew Lane - Director
Grant Page - Stunt Coordinator
Scott J. Ateah - Stunts
Dan Bradley - Stunt Coordinator
Spike Cherrie - Stunts

Reviews

JPV852:

Not a great pulp action-adventure flick with a lead actor with not a whole lot of charisma, still is harmless time-waster and at least had some passably entertaining moments with a comically fun turn ...