The read
Most of the 747 1980s action movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb4.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes20%
Metacritic42/100
18 audience votes
Key crew
- Andrew LaneDirector
- Andrew LaneScreenplay
- Wayne CrawfordScreenplay
- Mark SnowOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Wayne CrawfordJake Speed
- Karen KopinsMargaret Winston
- Dennis ChristopherDesmond Floyd
- John HurtSyd
- Leon AmesPop Winston
- Roy LondonMaurice
- Donna PescowWendy
- Barry PrimusLawrence
- Monte MarkhamMr Winston
- Millie PerkinsMrs Winston
- Rebecca AshleyMaureen Winston
- Alan ShearmanRodrigo
Stills
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Themes
novelistwhite slavers