Not a great pulp action-adventure flick with a lead actor with not a whole lot of charisma, still...
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Jake Speed
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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Jake Speed
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Status
Released
Release Date
May 30, 1986
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Action, Comedy, Thriller
User Score
44%
Original Title
Jake Speed
Production Companies
Force 10 Productions, Balcor Film Investors
Director
Andrew Lane
Description
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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