Biggles

Biggles (1986)

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......

Date of release
1986-05-30
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (83)
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Action, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction, War
Director
John Hough

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Biggles

Biggles is a 1986 British science fiction adventure film directed by John Hough and starring Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White, and Peter Cushing. It was written by John Groves and Kent Walwin. The plot involves time travel between the 1980s and the First World War, involving the character Biggles.

Production

After the success of the war film The Blue Max (1966), a film based on W. E. Johns' books was planned in 1968. Financed by Universal Pictures, a script entitled Biggles Sweeps The Skies was written by Chris Bryant and to be filmed in Algeria. Pre-production work was completed, including building replica period aircraft.

In February 1976, Peter James bought the rights to the Biggles stories, but the film remained in development hell for several years.

In December 1979, Dudley Moore, who had just become a star with 10, said he agreed to play Biggles and make the film in Europe after he finished Arthur (1981).

In October 1980, Disney announced they would make Biggles as a co-production with producer Robert Stigwood.

In April 1981, a newspaper report said that the film would be produced by Kent Walwin of Yellowbill Productions, with a script from Jack Briley. Moore would star as Biggles and they hoped for Oliver Reed to play von Stalhein.

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