Jake Speed
Seen it?1986 | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 20% on Rotten Tomatoes, almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing, anyone who wants a laugh and action fans. If you loved Foreign Correspondent, start here.
- The mood
- Light and funny, tense.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 40 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
20% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$2 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 6K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Andrew Lane
- 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