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Biggles: Adventures in Time

Original title: Biggles
  • 1986
  • PG
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
3.8K
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Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986)
Daring British WWI fighter pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth and 1980s low-level business executive Jim Ferguson discover that they can time travel to each other's eras. They try to stop the Germans from changing the outcome of WWI.
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Daring British WWI fighter pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth and 1980s low-level business executive Jim Ferguson discover that they can time travel to each other's eras. They try to stop th... Read allDaring British WWI fighter pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth and 1980s low-level business executive Jim Ferguson discover that they can time travel to each other's eras. They try to stop the Germans from changing the outcome of WWI.Daring British WWI fighter pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth and 1980s low-level business executive Jim Ferguson discover that they can time travel to each other's eras. They try to stop the Germans from changing the outcome of WWI.

  • Director
    • John Hough
  • Writers
    • W.E. Johns
    • John Groves
    • Kent Walwin
  • Stars
    • Neil Dickson
    • Alex Hyde-White
    • Fiona Hutchison
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    • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    3.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • John Hough
    • Writers
      • W.E. Johns
      • John Groves
      • Kent Walwin
    • Stars
      • Neil Dickson
      • Alex Hyde-White
      • Fiona Hutchison
    • 63User reviews
    • 53Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Top Cast35

    Neil Dickson
    Neil Dickson
    • James 'Biggles' Bigglesworth
    Alex Hyde-White
    Alex Hyde-White
    • Jim Ferguson
    Fiona Hutchison
    • Debbie Stephens
    Peter Cushing
    Peter Cushing
    • Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond
    Marcus Gilbert
    Marcus Gilbert
    • Eric Von Stalhein
    William Hootkins
    William Hootkins
    • Chuck Dinsmore
    Alan Polonsky
    • Bill Kizitski
    Francesca Gonshaw
    Francesca Gonshaw
    • Marie
    Michael Siberry
    Michael Siberry
    • Algy
    James Saxon
    James Saxon
    • Bertie
    Daniel Flynn
    Daniel Flynn
    • Ginger
    Roy Boyd
    Roy Boyd
    • German N.C.O
    Samantha Bradshaw
    • Hotel Girl
    Andrea Browne
    • Lady Buyer
    David Butler
    • British Officer
    David Cann
    • Sapper Officer
    Fanny Carby
    • Cleaning Lady
    Forbes Collins
    Forbes Collins
    • German Soldier
    • Director
      • John Hough
    • Writers
      • W.E. Johns
      • John Groves
      • Kent Walwin
    • All cast & crew
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    Related interests

    Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge in Metropolis (1927)
    Steampunk
    Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future (1985)
    Time Travel
    Still frame
    Adventure
    Drew Barrymore and Pat Welsh in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
    Family
    James Earl Jones and David Prowse in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
    Sci-Fi
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    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Features Peter Cushing's last screen performance, filmed January 21-March 1985.
    • Goofs
      When Biggles is talking with Peter Cushing's character in Tower Bridge, there is a raven stood upon a perch. Immediately after Biggles comments on the photograph of him and his colleagues, the bird is seen to defecate. The microphone even catches the sound of the dropping hitting the floor.
    • Quotes
      • [Now in 1986, Biggles has climbed behind the controls of a police helicopter]
      • Jim Ferguson: You can't fly this. You don't know how.
      • Biggles: If you can fly a Sopwith Camel, you can fly anything.
    • Crazy credits
      In the end of the credits it says: Filmed on location in New York - London - and the Western Front 1917.
    • Connections
      Featured in Biggles: The Making of a Movie (1985)
    • Soundtracks
      DO YOU WANT TO BE A HERO
      Performed by Jon Anderson
      Music by Stanislas Syrewicz
      Lyrics by Jon Anderson
      Published by Warner Brothers Music/Tizz Music
      administrated by Warner Brothers Music

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    Details

    • Release date
      • January 29, 1988 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Der Biggels-Effekt
    • Filming locations
      • Marston Vale, Bedfordshire, England, UK(on location)
    • Production companies
      • Compact Yellowbill
      • Tambarle
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    Box office

    • Budget
      • £7,000,000 (estimated)
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 48m(108 min)
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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