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1986 Action Comedy Thriller 1h 40m

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.

4.4 TMDB RATING
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Principal 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

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