Biggles (film)

Biggles
Original British 1986 quad film poster
Directed byJohn Hough
Screenplay byJohn Groves
Kent Walwin
Based onthe Biggles books
by W. E. Johns
Produced byPom Oliver
Kent Walwin
StarringNeil Dickson
Alex Hyde-White
Fiona Hutchison
Peter Cushing
Marcus Gilbert
William Hootkins
CinematographyErnest Vincze
Edited byRichard Trevor
Music byStanislas Syrewicz
Production
companies
Compact Yellowbill
Tambarle
Distributed byUnited International Pictures (UK)
Release dates
  • 23 May 1986 (1986-05-23) (UK/date)
  • 29 January 1988 (1988-01-29) (USA[1])
Running time
92 min.[2]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£7 million[3]
Box office£1.45 million (UK),[4] $112,132 (USA)[5]

Biggles is a 1986 British science fiction adventure film directed by John Hough (later released in 1988 in the United States as Biggles: Adventures in Time).[6] The plot involves time travel between the 1980s and the 1910s during World War I, involving the character, Biggles (from the series of novels by W. E. Johns). The film stars Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White, and Peter Cushing in his final feature film role.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Times1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Biggles (1985)". BBFC. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  3. ^ "h2g2 - 'Biggles' - the Film - Edited Entry". H2g2.com. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Back to the Future: the fall and rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s" (PDF). British Film Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Biggles (1988) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  6. ^ IMDb: Biggles (1986) - Release info Linked 2015-06-12