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About
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.
Theatrical
May 30, 1986
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 12, 2001
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Force 10 Productions, Balcor Film Investors
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Full credits →W
Wayne Crawford
Jake Speed
K
Karen Kopins
Margaret Winston
D
Dennis Christopher
Desmond Floyd
J
John Hurt
Syd
L
Leon Ames
Pop Winston
R
Roy London
Maurice
D
Donna Pescow
Wendy
B
Barry Primus
Lawrence
M
Monte Markham
Mr Winston
M
Millie Perkins
Mrs Winston
A
Alan Shearman
Rodrigo
K
Karl Johnson
Charles
S
Sal Viscuso
News stand Attendant
K
Ken Lerner
Ken
P
Peter Fox
Priest
I
Ian Yule
Bill Smith
K
Ken Gampu
Joe Smith
J
Joseph Ribeiro
Nigel
B
Bernard Crombey
Paris Gunman #2
L
Lisa Lucas
Girlfriend #1
