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Biggles

- Fast food executive Jim Ferguson stepped out of his 47th floor office to go to the bathroom... and ended up in the middle of World War I. History will be grateful forever.

Unassuming catering salesmen Jim Ferguson falls through a time hole to 1917 where he saves the life of dashing Royal Flying Corps pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth after his photo recon mission is shot down. Before he can work out what has happened, Jim is zapped back to the 1980s......

Release Date : 1986-05-30

Language :FrenchEnglishGerman

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Compact YellowbillTambarle

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : Biggles: Adventures in Time

Cast

Neil Dickson

Character Name : James 'Biggles' Bigglesworth

Original Name : Neil Dickson

Gender : Male

Alex Hyde-White

Character Name : Jim Ferguson

Original Name : Alex Hyde-White

Gender : Male

Fiona Hutchison

Character Name : Debbie

Original Name : Fiona Hutchison

Gender : Female

Peter Cushing

Character Name : Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond

Original Name : Peter Cushing

Gender : Male

Marcus Gilbert

Character Name : Eric Von Stalhein

Original Name : Marcus Gilbert

Gender : Male

William Hootkins

Character Name : Chuck

Original Name : William Hootkins

Gender : Male

Alan Polonsky

Character Name : Bill

Original Name : Alan Polonsky

Gender : Male

Francesca Gonshaw

Character Name : Marie

Original Name : Francesca Gonshaw

Gender : Female

Michael Siberry

Character Name : Algy

Original Name : Michael Siberry

Gender : Male

James Saxon

Character Name : Bertie

Original Name : James Saxon

Gender : Male

Daniel Flynn

Character Name : Ginger

Original Name : Daniel Flynn

Gender : Male

James Cosmo

Character Name : German Soldier

Original Name : James Cosmo

Gender : Male

Forbes Collins

Character Name : German Soldier

Original Name : Forbes Collins

Gender : Male

David Cann

Character Name : Sapper Officer

Original Name : David Cann

Gender : Male

Jennifer Guy

Character Name : Hotel Girl

Original Name : Jennifer Guy

Gender : Female

Samantha Bradshaw

Character Name : Hotel Girl

Original Name : Samantha Bradshaw

Gender : Male

Christopher Robbie

Character Name : Hotel Clerk

Original Name : Christopher Robbie

Gender : Male

Fanny Carby

Character Name : Cleaning Lady

Original Name : Fanny Carby

Gender : Female

Pam St. Clement

Character Name : Mother Superior

Original Name : Pam St. Clement

Gender : Female

Catherine Neilson

Character Name : Young Nun

Original Name : Catherine Neilson

Gender : Female

Alibe Parsons

Character Name : Maxine Fine

Original Name : Alibe Parsons

Gender : Female

Steffanie Pitt

Character Name : Judy

Original Name : Steffanie Pitt

Gender : Female

Lea Rochelle

Character Name : Policewoman

Original Name : Lea Rochelle

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-08-15

I have to admit that when I was a child in the 1970s, I devoured "Biggles" books. The timelines of the stories were all over the place, but the exciting adventures of himself and his loyal stalwarts made for fun, boy's own reading. Sadly, though, much of the writing of Capt. W.E. Johns required a child's imagination to make it work. Try to put in onto a big screen and it doesn't really succeed. This isn't really a film about "Biggles" so much as about the eye-candy "Jim" (Alex Hyde-White) who gets caught up in some time travelling escapades when visiting London that see him working for "Commodore Raymond" (Peter Cushing) and our eponymous hero (Neil Dickson) as they try to thwart a cunning Bosch plan to use a sonic weapon to devastating effect during the first world war. It's an adequate story this, with decent enough effects and plenty of dog-fights, but the attempts to drag these characters into the 1980s has only limited success. What works about the characters in the books seems almost parodied here, and despite a scene in a nunnery where the young "Jim" simply refuses to be parted from his ultra-velcro'd skimpy towel, the rest of the film is pretty unremarkable. I think it most unlikely that these stories will ever see the light of day now - they are hardly politically correct even in the most tolerant of households, so it is a bit of shame that this bland effort will be his only cinema outing. Even the presence of the genial Cushing cannot really lift this from the realms of, well, why?