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.
Directed byAndrew Lane
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- May 30, 1986
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Cast & crew
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
- Directed by
- Andrew Lane
- Written by
- Wayne CrawfordAndrew Lane
- Produced by
- Wayne CrawfordWilliam Fay
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