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Jake Speed

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

4.6(19)19861h 40m4

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.

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Status
Released
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Box office
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Language
English
  • novelist
  • white slavers

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Director

Andrew Lane

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG30 May 1986

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Jake Speed was released on 30 May 1986.

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    JPV852

    12/8/2019

    5/10

    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 r…

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