Jake Speed

Jake Speed
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAndrew Lane
Written byWayne Crawford
Andrew Lane
Produced byWayne Crawford
Andrew Lane
William Fay
Starring
CinematographyBryan Loftus
Edited byMichael Ripps
Fred Stafford
Music byMark Snow
Production
companies
New World Pictures
Force Ten Productions
Balcor Film Investors[1]
Distributed byNew World Pictures[1]
Release date
  • May 30, 1986 (1986-05-30)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million[1]
Box office$1,943,751[2]

Jake Speed is a 1986 American action adventure comedy film directed and produced by Andrew Lane, with Wayne Crawford, and William Fay. It was written by Lane and Crawford, and starred Crawford in the title role, alongside Dennis Christopher, Karen Kopins and John Hurt.

In the film, a pulp fiction-styled adventurer is tasked with rescuing a kidnapped girl. He has to face a white slavery ring during its host country's civil war.