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Biggles: Adventures in Time

Original title: Biggles
  • 1986
  • PG
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
3.2K
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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
    3.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • John Hough
    • Writers
      • W.E. Johns
      • John Groves
      • Kent Walwin
    • Stars
      • Neil Dickson
      • Alex Hyde-White
      • Fiona Hutchison
    • 51User reviews
    • 45Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Peter Cushing and Alex Hyde-White in Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986)
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    Peter Cushing in Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986)

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    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
    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
    • 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
    • German Soldier
    • Director
      • John Hough
    • Writers
      • W.E. Johns(characters)
      • John Groves(screenplay)
      • Kent Walwin(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Features Peter Cushing's last screen performance, filmed January 21-March 1985 (copyright 1985).
    • Goofs
      When Jim Ferguson first visits Colonel Raymond at Tower Bridge, Raymond hands Ferguson an antiquated 'Celebrity Dinners' card. When Raymond passes Jim the card, it is in a plastic sleeve, then the camera shows the card in detail without the sleeve, and then it returns when Jim hands it back.
    • 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

    User reviews51

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    Decent, but not great
    "Biggles" aspired to be an adventure movie in the sense of the old serials and dime novels; it comes close to succeeding on some levels, but blows it where it matters. The story itself centers on a bland frozen food marketer who keeps finding himself transported back in time to help a pilot.

    Some things worked out very well; the close up shots of biplanes dogfighting and streaking down to just graze the ground, the accuracy of the equipment and weapons for the time period. (For those who don't believe machine guns existed back then, the one they use is a Bergmann MP-18, which was correct for 1917-1918.) You also get to see Peter Cushing in one of his last roles.

    Other things required some suspension of belief, namely the Germans developing secret weapons in World War ONE.

    But what ruined the movie for me was the god awful eighties pop music soundtrack, and a lead actor who has as much charisma as a wooden door. You can tell they were thinking of making a TV series or move franchise from this one, with different music and a better lead, they might have.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 29, 1988 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Der Biggels-Effekt
    • Filming locations
      • Beckton Gasworks, Beckton, London, England, UK(City Ruins/Bunker Scene)
    • Production companies
      • Compact Yellowbill
      • Tambarle
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $112,132
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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