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.
- Year: 1986
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
- Studio: Force 10 Productions, Balcor Film Investors
- Keyword: novelist, white slavers
- Director: Andrew Lane
- Cast: Wayne Crawford, Karen Kopins, Dennis Christopher, John Hurt, Leon Ames, Roy London