Jake Speed (1986)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.471 |
Directed By
Andrew Lane
Crew
Andrew Lane
Grant Page
Scott J. Ateah
Dan Bradley
Spike Cherrie
Zenda Graves
Wayne Crawford
Andrew Lane
R. Vincent Smith
Fred Stafford
Mark Snow
Bryan Loftus
Barbara Dodd
Norm Baron
Roy Rudolphe
Diana Cilliers
Wayne Crawford
William Fay
Andrew Lane
John F. Roach
TOP CAST
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
Ian Yule
Bill Smith
Ken Gampu
Joe Smith
Joseph Ribeiro
Nigel
Jean-Marc Morel
Paris Gunman #1
Bernard Crombey
Paris Gunman #2
Lisa Lucas
Girlfriend #1
Robert Winley
Rowdy #2
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