| “ | Take a swing at you? I'm gonna cut you to pieces! | „ |
| ~ Biff to Rusty James. |
Biff Wilcox is a major antagonist in S.E. Hinton's 1975 novel Rumble Fish, and its 1983 film adaptation. He is the leader of the Devilhawks and Rusty-James' archrival.
He was portrayed by Glenn Withrow, who also played Tim Shepard in The Outsiders.
History[]
He was a former ally of Rusty-James' group and the leader of a gang called the Devilhawks. When Rusty-James is playing pool at Benny's, he is warned by Midget that Biff is looking to killing him and they decide to meet at an abandoned garage lot for the rumble at eight. Later that night, Rusty is preoccupied with Patty, his catholic school girlfriend, and arrives late to the contest, but he takes over the rumble to battle Biff single-handedly.
The two battle, with the fight ending when Rusty disarms Biff and beats him almost unconscious. However, Rusty gets distracted when the Motorcycle Boy arrives and Biff slashes Rusty on his side. As he tries to escape while gloating at Rusty, the Motorcycle Boy manages to defeat Biff. While Biff stumbles away in defeat, Officer Patterson arrives at the scene and is vexed by the return of the Motorcycle Boy, whom he reviles as a menace.
The resulting fight later causes Rusty to get expelled from his school and be placed in Biff's school.
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- In the book, Biff had a puggish appearance on his face with wiry hair while his shoulders slanted up like an ape's. However, in the film, he had a rather fair-looking appearance.
- In the film, Biff uses a glass pane to slash Rusty and the Motorcycle Boy defeats Biff by ramming his motorcycle into him. In the novel, Biff uses a knife to slash Rusty and the Motorcycle Boy simply breaks Biff's wrist.
- In the book, he had six members during the rumble against Rusty-James, but in the film, he had three additional members.
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