Search results for "Jim Backus"
Macabre

Macabre

Macabre
IMDb: 5.7
72

After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor’s small daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, and he is given just five hours…

The Square Jungle

The Square Jungle

The Square Jungle
IMDb: 6.5
86

Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing.

Genre: Drama
Iron Man

Iron Man

Iron Man
IMDb: 6.3
82

In Coaltown, Pennsylvania, miner Coke Mason hopes to better himself, buy a radio store, and marry Rose Warren. His gambler brother George thinks Coke can be more successful as a…

Genre: Drama
Bright Victory

Bright Victory

Bright Victory
IMDb: 7.3
97

A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
His Kind of Woman

His Kind of Woman

His Kind of Woman
IMDb: 7
120

In a desperate attempt to get out of debt, career gambler Dan Milner agrees to rendezvous with a mysterious contact at a distant Mexican resort in exchange for $50,000. Upon…

Francis in the Navy

Francis in the Navy

Francis in the Navy
IMDb: 5.8
80

In the U. S. Army intelligence office, bumbling lieutenant Peter Stirling receives a coded message from his friend, Francis, a talking mule. The note urges Pete to hurry to the…

C.H.O.M.P.S.

C.H.O.M.P.S.

C.H.O.M.P.S.
IMDb: 4.8
89

A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the boy’s invention from him.

Now You See Him, Now You Don’t

Now You See Him, Now You Don’t

Now You See Him, Now You Don’t
IMDb: 6.3
88

Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of rendering objects and people invisible. Before Dexter and his friends, Debbie and Richard Schuyler,…

Genre: Comedy, Family
Angels’ Brigade

Angels’ Brigade

Angels’ Brigade
IMDb: 2.1
97

Six sexy women, and a teenage girl, devastate a right-wing militia before doing battle with ruthless drug pushers.

Genre: Action, Comedy
Ask Any Girl

Ask Any Girl

Ask Any Girl
IMDb: 6.5
98

Sales girl falls for the younger of a company run by two brothers. The elder falls for her but plans to help her get his brother because he doesn’t know…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Father Was a Fullback

Father Was a Fullback

Father Was a Fullback
IMDb: 6.4
84

Coach George Copper’s college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-and-stuffy but influential alumni Roger Jessup, and also having trouble at home with his…

Genre: Comedy
A Dangerous Profession

A Dangerous Profession

A Dangerous Profession
IMDb: 6.1
79

A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation.

Genre: Crime
I Love Melvin

I Love Melvin

I Love Melvin
IMDb: 6.6
77

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

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Johnny Cool

Johnny Cool

Johnny Cool
IMDb: 6.4
103

A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.

Sunday in New York

Sunday in New York

Sunday in New York
IMDb: 6.8
105

Eileen is 22 and is smarting from her breakup with Russ. She comes to New York to visit her brother, Adam, who is an airline pilot. Eileen confides to her…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Girl He Left Behind

The Girl He Left Behind

The Girl He Left Behind
IMDb: 5.3
103

A young man is drafted and goes through the rigors of basic training, ultimately discovering the experience is also character-building. Director David Butler’s 1956 film stars ’50s teen favorites Tab…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Friday Foster

Friday Foster

Friday Foster
IMDb: 6
90

Friday Foster, an ex-model magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in America. Three men attempt to assassinate…

Genre: Action, Thriller
Pete’s Dragon

Pete’s Dragon

Pete’s Dragon
IMDb: 6.4
128

Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind…

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
IMDb: 6.2
99

A simple-minded blacksmith named Charley, well loved by the townsfolk, saves for a year to send off for a mail-order bride.

Hello Down There

Hello Down There

Hello Down There
IMDb: 5.8
88

Given the chance to live in a simulated underwater home for a month, a scientist convinces his family to take advantage of the offer. Once the family agrees to move…

The Wheeler Dealers

The Wheeler Dealers

The Wheeler Dealers
IMDb: 6.6
107

Henry J. Tyroone leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market….

Genre: Comedy
Zotz!

Zotz!

Zotz!
IMDb: 5.9
87

Jonathan Jones, a professor of ancient languages, comes into possession of an ancient coin. He translates its inscription, which gives him three powers: to inflict pain, slow down time or…

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Hollywood Story

Hollywood Story

Hollywood Story
IMDb: 6.7
76

A producer takes over a small film studio and – sensing that it’ll be a good movie- begins investigating an old murder of a silent film star shot in his…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause
IMDb: 7.7
111

After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching…

Genre: Drama
Deep in My Heart

Deep in My Heart

Deep in My Heart
IMDb: 6.3
132

Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Man of a Thousand Faces

Man of a Thousand Faces

Man of a Thousand Faces
IMDb: 7.2
122

The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even…

Genre: Drama
Don’t Bother to Knock

Don’t Bother to Knock

Don’t Bother to Knock
IMDb: 6.9
76

Jed, an airline pilot, is resting in a hotel when he notices Nell, a young woman babysitting for a wealthy couple. As Jed gets to know Nell better he realises…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
The High Cost of Loving

The High Cost of Loving

The High Cost of Loving
IMDb: 6.3
87

Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut. But life becomes less predictable when he doesn’t receive an invitation to an important…

Genre: Comedy
Rescue from Gilligan’s Island

Rescue from Gilligan’s Island

Rescue from Gilligan’s Island
IMDb: 5.3
95

When a decaying Russian satellite crashes on the island, the Professor uses a key component for a barometer. With that device, he learns that a massive wave is going to…

Genre: Comedy, TV Movie
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
IMDb: 6.8
79

When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had…

Genre: Comedy
1001 Arabian Nights

1001 Arabian Nights

1001 Arabian Nights
IMDb: 6.2
75

Mr. Magoo’s take on 1001 Arabian Nights.

I’ll See You in My Dreams

I’ll See You in My Dreams

I’ll See You in My Dreams
IMDb: 6.8
110

Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Slapstick (Of Another Kind)

Slapstick (Of Another Kind)

Slapstick (Of Another Kind)
IMDb: 2.6
84

A rich, beautiful couple give birth to deformed alien twins who, when their heads are together, are the smartest kids on the planet.

Critic’s Choice

Critic’s Choice

Critic’s Choice
IMDb: 5.8
100

Bob Hope is a New York theater critic and his wife (Lucille Ball in their final motion picture pairing) writes a play that may or may not be very good….

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Top Secret Affair

Top Secret Affair

Top Secret Affair
IMDb: 6.2
100

A publisher (Susan Hayward) uses her magazine and charm to derail a general (Kirk Douglas) on the Washington fast track.

Genre: Comedy
The Horizontal Lieutenant

The Horizontal Lieutenant

The Horizontal Lieutenant
IMDb: 6
90

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1962 military comedy stars Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Miyoshi Umeki, Jim Backus, Jack Carter, Marty Ingels, Charles McGraw and Argentina Brunetti.

Advance to the Rear

Advance to the Rear

Advance to the Rear
IMDb: 5.9
97

Slapstick rules in this 1964 Civil War comedy about miltary misfits and their incompetent commanders. Directed by George Marshall, and starring Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Jim…

Genre: Comedy, War, Western
Myra Breckinridge

Myra Breckinridge

Myra Breckinridge
IMDb: 4.5
94

Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich Uncle Buck and, claiming…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Big Operator

The Big Operator

The Big Operator
IMDb: 6.4
91

A power-mad union boss resorts to murder to eliminate witnesses scheduled to testify against him. The eclectic cast includes Mickey Rooney, Mamie Van Doren, Mel Torme, Jay North, Vampira, Charles…

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Wild and the Innocent

The Wild and the Innocent

The Wild and the Innocent
IMDb: 6.5
84

Charming tale of mountaineer-trapper Murphy’s first taste “big city” life with young, sweet Sandra Dee in tow. She flees her family, which tried to trade her for some of Murphy’s…

Genre: Western