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Biggles (1986)

Biggles poster
Directed by
John Hough
Genre
fantasy film, adventure film, science fiction film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 80 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man from the 1980s is pulled through time to help a World War I pilot named Biggles on his adventures. They jump between the present day and the battlefields of the past to stop a disaster.

time-travelwhimsicalpacynostalgiclow-budgetquirkyhistoricallight-hearted

What happens

Biggles (U.S. 1988 release title Biggles: Adventures in Time) is a 1986 British science fiction adventure film directed by John Hough and starring Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White, and Peter Cushing (in his final feature film role). 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 (from the series of novels by W. E. Johns). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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