Jim Backus Movies

  • 1964
    Rendezvous in Space

    Rendezvous in Space

    Rendezvous in Space

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    This documentary, the final film directed by Frank Capra, explores America's plans for the future of space exploration. It was produced by the...

    Rendezvous in Space
  • 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
  • 1956
    Magoo Beats the Heat

    Magoo Beats the Heat

    Magoo Beats the Heat

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    Mr. Magoo, intent on going to the beach, winds up in the desert instead. Thinking himself to be at the beach, he tries fishing (he hooks a turtle...

    Magoo Beats the Heat
  • 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
  • 1983
    The Unpredictable Pudgy!

    The Unpredictable Pudgy!

    The Unpredictable Pudgy!

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    TV special featuring comedian Pudgy performing before a star-studded audience abroad RMS Queen Mary

    The Unpredictable Pudgy!
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1958
    The High Cost of Loving

    The High Cost of Loving

    The High Cost of Loving

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    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...

    The High Cost of Loving
  • 1972
    Magic Carpet

    Magic Carpet

    Magic Carpet

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    A young student living in Rome gets a job as a tour guide and falls in love with a young stowaway who is being sought by the police.

    Magic Carpet
  • 1958
    Love Comes to Magoo

    Love Comes to Magoo

    Love Comes to Magoo

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    A female con artist is after Magoo’s wealth.

    Love Comes to Magoo
  • 2005
    Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

    Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

    Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

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    Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents is a documentary chronicling the production of the film.

    Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
  • 1949
    One Last Fling

    One Last Fling

    One Last Fling

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    A jealous wife suspects the worst when her dingaling husband hires his former girlfriend for a position at his company.

    One Last Fling
  • 1987
    Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

    Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

    Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

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    Documentary on the various mysteries in Hollywood.

    Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
  • 1985
    Prince Jack

    Prince Jack

    Prince Jack

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

    Prince Jack
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1970
    Uncle Sam Magoo

    Uncle Sam Magoo

    Uncle Sam Magoo

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    Join Mr. Magoo as Uncle Sam, on an all-American animated adventure through our nation's history. Pull up a chair at the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving,...

    Uncle Sam Magoo
  • 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
    Customs Agent

    Customs Agent

    Customs Agent

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

    Customs Agent