Jake Speed

Name: Jake Speed
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Released: 1986-05-30
Rating: 4.647

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

User Score17 ratings

TMDB 4.616+19861h 40mEnglish

ActionComedyThriller

Synopsis

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.

Director

Andrew LaneFrom TMDB credits

Studio

Force 10 Productions2 production companies

Release

May 30, 1986Released

Box Office

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Top Cast

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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

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Reviews

From TMDB users

JPV852

Dec 8, 2019

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 by John Hurt as the villain. Clearly was hoping to be in the same vain as Raiders of the Lost Ark, just without the talent in front and behind the camera, but for what it is, it wasn't terrible, just nothing I'd really revisit. **2.5/5**