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The Kid Who Couldn't Miss is a 1983 docudrama film directed by Paul Cowan. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, it combines fact and fiction to question fighter pilot Billy Bishop's accomplishments during World War I, featuring excerpts from John MacLachlan Gray's play Billy Bishop Goes to War. The film specifically questions accounts of Bishop's solo mission to attack a German aerodrome on June 2, 1917, for which he was awarded a Victoria Cross, and suggests the event was imaginary and that Bishop exaggerated his own accomplishments.
Original Release
03/03/1983
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Eric Peterson | Billy Bishop / Walter Bourne |
| William Hutt | Narration read by |
| H.H. Asquith | Self (with other politicians) |
| Albert Ball | Self (British flying ace) |
| W.A. Bishop | Self - with Pilots, WWI and WWII |
| Georges Guynemer | Self - French Flying Ace |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | Self - Hunts |
| King George V | Self - with Officers |
| Benito Mussolini | Self - with Statue of Caesar |
| Charles Nungesser | Self - French Flying Ace |
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Eric Peterson | Billy Bishop / Walter Bourne |
| William Hutt | Narration read by |
| H.H. Asquith | Self (with other politicians) |
| Albert Ball | Self (British flying ace) |
| W.A. Bishop | Self - with Pilots, WWI and WWII |
| Georges Guynemer | Self - French Flying Ace |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | Self - Hunts |
| King George V | Self - with Officers |
| Benito Mussolini | Self - with Statue of Caesar |
| Charles Nungesser | Self - French Flying Ace |
| Manfred von Richthofen | Self - Handshake with the Kaiser, Buried by Australians |
| John Gray | Piano Accompanist |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Adam Symansky | Executive Producer |
