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Jake Speed is a 1986 action comedy film based on a pulp fiction character. It follows Jake Speed and his sidekick Desmond Floyd as they rescue a kidnapped girl from a white slavery ring in Africa.
May 30, 1986 · Jake Speed: Directed by Andrew Lane. With Wayne Crawford, Dennis Christopher, Karen Kopins, John Hurt. In a world where, unbeknownst to the public, all famous pulp fiction heroes are real, one of them, Jake Speed, agrees to help desperate Margaret Winston save her sister from sadistic white slaver Sid, who's operating in Africa.
- (1.1K)
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Andrew Lane
- 1986-05-30
Jake Speed is a movie about a fictional pulp hero who helps a family save their kidnapped daughter from a white slaver in Africa. The movie features action, comedy and adventure, but also reveals that the hero and his assistant are not who they claim to be.
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.
- Andrew Lane
- 100 min
- 13
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 ...
- (15)
- Andrew Lane
- PG
- Wayne Crawford
Jake Speed is a fictional hero in adventure novels who must rescue a kidnapped girl in Africa. Watch the trailer, read the review and see the cast and crew of this PG-rated film on The Movie Database.
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Jake Speed. 1986 · 1 hr 45 min. PG. Action · Adventure. A pulp fiction character comes to life to help a young woman save her sister from a slavery ring operating in Africa. Subtitles: English. Starring: Wayne Crawford Dennis Christopher Karen Kopins. Directed by: Andrew Lane. Jake Speed.
