Jim Backus Movies

  • 1980
    The Gossip Columnist

    The Gossip Columnist

    The Gossip Columnist

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    New Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O'Hanlon dig up dirt on amoral characters.

    The Gossip Columnist
  • 1962
    The Horizontal Lieutenant

    The Horizontal Lieutenant

    The Horizontal Lieutenant

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    A luckless army intelligence lieutenant finds himself stationed on a remote island army outpost during World War II, where all the action is between...

    The Horizontal Lieutenant
  • 1949
    The Great Lover

    The Great Lover

    The Great Lover

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    The French Surete and private eye Higgins are after a killer who uses innocent young Americans in a crooked gambling racket, and who sets sail on an...

    The Great Lover
  • 1972
    Of Thee I Sing

    Of Thee I Sing

    Of Thee I Sing

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    CBS' updated version of the classic Gershwin musical, cast largely with stars who were all appearing in then-current CBS television series.

    Of Thee I Sing
  • 1974
    Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

    Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

    Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

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    Partly based on a true story, a little girl writes to the editor of a newspaper concerning the existence of Santa Claus.

    Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
  • 1977
    Never Con a Killer

    Never Con a Killer

    Never Con a Killer

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    Pilot to the short-lived TV series "The Feather and Father Gang" has Detective Feather Danton and her con-man father Harry teaming up to outwit...

    Never Con a Killer
  • 1953
    I Love Melvin

    I Love Melvin

    I Love Melvin

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    Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress named Judy LeRoy in the park. They start to talk,...

    I Love Melvin
  • 1975
    Cop on the Beat

    Cop on the Beat

    Cop on the Beat

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    An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in this pilot (a spin-off from "Police Story") for the...

    Cop on the Beat
  • 1959
    Merry Minstrel Magoo

    Merry Minstrel Magoo

    Merry Minstrel Magoo

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    Magoo thinks he’s entering a talent show but ends up at a dentist.

    Merry Minstrel Magoo
  • 1956
    The Great Man

    The Great Man

    The Great Man

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    Joe Harris, preparing a eulogy for popular radio commentator Herb Fuller, finds that nobody has a good word to say about him.

    The Great Man
  • 1962
    Zotz!

    Zotz!

    Zotz!

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    Jonathan Jones, a professor of ancient languages, comes into possession of an ancient coin. He translates its inscription, which gives him three...

    Zotz!
  • 1959
    Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)

    Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)

    Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)

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    Mr. Magoo agrees to babysit Gerald McBoing Boing.

    Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
  • 1964
    Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest

    Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest

    Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest

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    Join medieval Mr. Magoo, as Friar Tuck, along with Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men on an exciting (mis)adventure in Sherwood Forest! Whether...

    Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest
  • 1950
    Emergency Wedding

    Emergency Wedding

    Emergency Wedding

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    Dr. Helen Hunt is a physician married to millionaire Peter Judson Kirk Jr., who is jealous his wife is spending too much time with her male patients....

    Emergency Wedding
  • 1957
    Magoo's Private War

    Magoo's Private War

    Magoo's Private War

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    The near-sighted Mr. McGoo takes his duties as an Air Raid Warden, in the civil-defense, cold-war/iron curtain days of the 1950s, seriously. When he...

    Magoo's Private War
  • 1985
    Prince Jack

    Prince Jack

    Prince Jack

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    A dramatic look at the inner workings of the Kennedy administration.

    Prince Jack
  • 1961
    Magoo Meets Frankenstein

    Magoo Meets Frankenstein

    Magoo Meets Frankenstein

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    Mr Magoo goes to what he thinks is a hotel but it’s actually a mad scientist’s castle and he’s after a brain...

    Magoo Meets Frankenstein
  • 1979
    Angels' Brigade

    Angels' Brigade

    Angels' Brigade

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    Seven women decide to fight the local drug cartel. When Las Vegas pop singer Michelle's brother is found severely beaten, he's discovered to have...

    Angels' Brigade
  • 1950
    Customs Agent

    Customs Agent

    Customs Agent

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    An undercover agent tracks a medicine black market from China to California.

    Customs Agent
  • 1948
    Where Will You Hide?

    Where Will You Hide?

    Where Will You Hide?

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    Bold animated drawings and a dramatic soundtrack provide background for narrators who argue that World War III is looming and, as such, world...

    Where Will You Hide?