Jake Speed

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.

Cast

Wayne Crawford

as Jake Speed

Karen Kopins

as Margaret Winston

Dennis Christopher

as Desmond Floyd

John Hurt

as Syd

Leon Ames

as Pop Winston

Roy London

as Maurice

Donna Pescow

as Wendy

Barry Primus

as Lawrence

Monte Markham

as Mr Winston

Millie Perkins

as Mrs Winston

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