with Finch and the police captain barely missing him. A group of police officials file into the room discovering bootlegged liquor stash, and begin to arrest Finch and the corrupt police captain. Jonathan emerges back in 1985 saddened that he failed his mission to save his grandfather. While walking near some baseball fields, a baseball lands near an aviation memorial statue and the kids ask if Jonathan can throw the ball back. As he's picking it up, he notices the plaque has changes from before his trip. It now credits Max Knickerbocker for making the "nearest successful Atlantic crossing before Lindbergh" and that The Blue Yonder plane was found off the French coast, indicating that while Max still died, he had successfully traversed the Atlantic before Lindbergh. Inspired by this new knowledge, Jonathan picks up the ball and lobs it into the air with a renewed force he was unable to achieve in the beginning of the movie. Cast Peter Coyote as Max Knickerbocker Huckleberry Fox as Jonathan Knicks Art Carney as Henry Coogan Dennis Lipscomb as Finch Joe Flood as Leary Mittie Smith as Helen Knickerbocker Frank Simons as Young Coogan Stu Klitsner as Mr. Knicks Morgan Upton as Police Captain Bennett Cale as Dooley Cyril Clayton as Drunk Charles Adams as News Vendor Gretchen Grant as Mrs. Knicks Sean Mattimore as "Hey look" kid when Jonathan comes to town Alternate version As part of The Disney Sunday Movie, the film was renamed Time Flyer and had footage that was cut in the VHS releases. The Blue Yonder Biplane The Blue Yonder biplane shown in the film is a Boeing Stearman with an added cowl. However, this model of Stearman wasn't constructed until the 1930s. In the film, it is said Max Knickerbocker designed and constructed the plane himself sometime before 1927. Reception The movie was given 3 out of 5 stars in Creature Feature by John Stanley. He praised the twist ending and the movie's handling of the time paradoxes. The Los Angeles Times'' also gave the movie a positive review, stating that while it lacked a big budget, "writer-director Mark Rosman effectively extracts charm from the simplicity", and praising the portrayal of the grandfather/grandson relationship. References External links 1985 films Films about time travel Films directed by Mark Rosman Films scored by David Shire 1980s science fiction adventure films Disney Channel original films Films set in 1927