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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Title: Biggles (1986)
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Jim Ferguson
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Fiona Hutchison | ... |
Debbie Stephens
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Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond
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Chuck Dinsmore
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Bill Kizitski
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Francesca Gonshaw | ... |
Marie
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Roy Boyd | ... |
German N.C.O
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Samantha Bradshaw | ... |
Hotel Girl
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Andrea Browne | ... |
Lady Buyer
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David Butler | ... |
British Officer
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One minute the New Yorker advertising expert Jim Ferguson is at a business party -- the next he finds himself way back in 1917 in a plane fight during World War I. Mr. Raymond explains to him that he has a time-twin, to whom he's relocated in space and time whenever one of them is in trouble. So he has to help his twin, biplane pilot Biggles, in his attempt to destroy a German super weapon, that could win their war. Of course it's hard for Jim to explain his sudden disappearances to his fiance, Debbie. Written by Tom Zoerner <[email protected]>
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Meet Jim Ferguson. He lived a daring double-life with one foot in the 20th century and the other in World War I. See more »Certificate:
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30 May 1986 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Avventura nel tempo See more »Box Office
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$112,132 (USA)Company Credits
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Performed by The Immortals
Written and Produced by John Deacon and Robert Ahwal
Published by Copyright control
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Skysport Engineering was commissioned to build a replica Sopwith Pup which could be suspended from a crane and "flown" and crashed with a stuntman inside for the opening sequences of Biggles's rescue. Attention was given to every detail of its construction so that even when it was burnt the charred remains would look authentic. The wings and frame had to be selectively strengthened and weakened so that it would crumple and break to look as though it has fallen from 1000ft, not 10ft as in reality. See more »Goofs
After the helicopter dogfight where Biggles says they are not armed after landing and asking for weapons he talks to Ferguson who has somehow finds a Sten gun. See more »Crazy Credits
In the end of the credits it says: Filmed on location in New York - London - and the Western Front 1917. See more »Soundtracks
NO TURNING BACKPerformed by The Immortals
Written and Produced by John Deacon and Robert Ahwal
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I really enjoyed the film and thought it was pure genious!
Biggles is a star unto himself! The film is full of action and alittle comedy!
I like the fact that Biggles was a real live person and some of the film was based on fact and not fiction. Ginger, Algie and Biggles were all pilots in the First World War and possably went on to see service in the Second!
The film is a fantastic eighties fantasy,war adventure pact with a prefect plot!
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