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More than a myth. Less than a legend. And a bit too big for his boots
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.Read moreLess
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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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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
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
Alan ShearmanRodrigoExplore the crew
- Director
- Andrew Lane
- Screenplay
- Wayne Crawford
- Screenplay
- Andrew Lane
- Editor
- Fred Stafford
- Original Music Composer
- Mark Snow
- Director of Photography
- Bryan Loftus
- Producer
- Wayne Crawford
- Producer
- William Fay
- Producer
- Andrew Lane