Biggles is a 1986 British science fiction adventure film directed by John Hough. The plot involves time travel between the 1980s and World War I, involving the character, Biggles. The film stars Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White, and Peter Cushing in his final feature film role.
Original British 1986 quad film poster
James Bigglesworth, nicknamed "Biggles", is a fictional pilot and adventurer, the title character and hero of the Biggles series of adventure books, written for young readers by W. E. Johns (1893–1968). Biggles made his first appearance in the story The White Fokker, published in the first issue of Popular Flying magazine and again as part of the first collection of Biggles stories, The Camels Are Coming. Johns continued to write "Biggles books" until his death in 1968. The series eventually included nearly a hundred volumes – novels as well as short story collections – most of the latter with a common setting and time.
Cover of Biggles of 266