Jake Speed (1986)
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 93 mins
Theatrical Release Information:
Jake Speed
An adventure tale for movie buffs, Jake Speed deftly lifts scenes from detective films of the '40s through the '70s to bring an added dimension to its spoof of the detective and adventure genres. When a family gets word that their daughter has been kidnapped in Paris, her father comments that they should get "Jake Speed" to find her. However, Jake is a comic strip character, and the reaction is that he might as well ask for Batman. But lo-and-behold, the other daughter Margaret (Karen Kopins) gets a message to meet Speed (Wayne Crawford) and his author, Remo (Dennis Christopher), and the men tell her they must go to Africa, where her sister is being held. After a certain amount of trial and error, they eventually find the nation where she's being held -- which happens to be in the middle of a revolution. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Jake Speed:
Wayne Crawford also in Snake Island , Forget About It , Valley Girl
Dennis Christopher also in Breaking Away , Trapped , The Silencers , Bernice Bobs Her Hair , A Wedding
Karen Kopins also in Once Bitten , Creator , Troop Beverly Hills , The Tracker
Roy London also in Special Thanks to Roy London , Hardcore
Barry Primus also in Autopsy , Boxcar Bertha , New York, New York , Heartland , When Will I Be Loved , The Rose
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