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Biggles( 1988)

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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.

Overview

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......

    Top Billed Cast

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      Neil Dickson

      James 'Biggles' Bigglesworth

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      Alex Hyde-White

      Jim Ferguson

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      Fiona Hutchison

      Debbie

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      Peter Cushing

      Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond

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      Marcus Gilbert

      Eric Von Stalhein

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      William Hootkins

      Chuck

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      Alan Polonsky

      Bill

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      Francesca Gonshaw

      Marie

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      Michael Siberry

      Algy

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      James Saxon

      Bertie

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      Daniel Flynn

      Ginger

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      James Cosmo

      German Soldier

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      Forbes Collins

      German Soldier

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      David Cann

      Sapper Officer

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      Jennifer Guy

      Hotel Girl

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      Samantha Bradshaw

      Hotel Girl

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      Christopher Robbie

      Hotel Clerk

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      Fanny Carby

      Cleaning Lady

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      Pam St. Clement

      Mother Superior

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      Catherine Neilson

      Young Nun

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      Alibe Parsons

      Maxine Fine

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      Steffanie Pitt

      Judy

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      Lea Rochelle

      Policewoman

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Aug 15 2022
    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 "Commodo...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    112132.00

    Keywords

    • world war i
    • time travel
    • twin brother
    • fighter ace