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Jake Speed (1986)

Jake Speed (1986)

Action Comedy Thriller

More than a myth. Less than a legend. And a bit too big for his boots

Release Date: 1986, May 30
Directors: Andrew Lane
Countries: United States of America
Production: Force 10 Productions, Force 10 Productions, Balcor Film Investors, Balcor Film Investors
Cast: John Hurt, Karl Johnson, Robert Winley, Barry Primus, Dennis Christopher, Sal Viscuso, Alan Shearman, Ken Gampu, Ken Lerner, Millie Perkins, Ian Yule, Leon Ames

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.

Keywords:

novelist white slavers