Jim Backus Movies

  • 1958
    The High Cost of Loving

    The High Cost of Loving

    The High Cost of Loving

    6.61958HD

    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
  • 1958
    Macabre

    Macabre

    Macabre

    61958HD

    After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's young daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, leaving him with...

    Macabre
  • 1950
    Emergency Wedding

    Emergency Wedding

    Emergency Wedding

    61950HD

    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
  • 1951
    M

    M

    M

    6.51951HD

    In the city, someone is murdering children. The police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to...

    M
  • 1949
    A Dangerous Profession

    A Dangerous Profession

    A Dangerous Profession

    5.71949HD

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

    A Dangerous Profession
  • 1957
    Top Secret Affair

    Top Secret Affair

    Top Secret Affair

    4.91957HD

    A publisher uses her magazine and charm to derail a general on the Washington fast track.

    Top Secret Affair
  • 1973
    Miracle on 34th Street

    Miracle on 34th Street

    Miracle on 34th Street

    6.81973HD

    A department store Santa tries to convince a little girl who doesn't believe in Santa Claus that he is Santa Claus, and winds up going on trial to...

    Miracle on 34th Street
  • 1968
    Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

    Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

    Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

    5.31968HD

    When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo Zane, a New York executive in the process of...

    Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
  • 1979
    C.H.O.M.P.S.

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

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

    51979HD

    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...

    C.H.O.M.P.S.
  • 1950
    Trouble Indemnity

    Trouble Indemnity

    Trouble Indemnity

    6.21950HD

    An insurance salesman enters Magoo's house hoping to make a sale. Magoo refuses but the salesman is eventually able to sell Magoo some by posing as...

    Trouble Indemnity
  • 1951
    I Want You

    I Want You

    I Want You

    5.21951HD

    The scene is a small town in the Eastern United States, where the outbreak of hostilities in Korea has a profound effect on several people. WWII...

    I Want You
  • 1952
    Pat and Mike

    Pat and Mike

    Pat and Mike

    6.41952HD

    Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she...

    Pat and Mike
  • 1982
    Slapstick of Another Kind

    Slapstick of Another Kind

    Slapstick of Another Kind

    3.11982HD

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

    Slapstick of Another Kind
  • 1951
    Bright Victory

    Bright Victory

    Bright Victory

    7.11951HD

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

    Bright Victory
  • 1956
    The Girl He Left Behind

    The Girl He Left Behind

    The Girl He Left Behind

    4.51956HD

    A young man is drafted and goes through the rigors of basic training, ultimately discovering the experience is also character-building. Director...

    The Girl He Left Behind
  • 1951
    Bungled Bungalow

    Bungled Bungalow

    Bungled Bungalow

    101951HD

    Mr. Magoo's house is towed-away by thieves.

    Bungled Bungalow
  • 1963
    Critic's Choice

    Critic's Choice

    Critic's Choice

    5.6671963HD

    Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of...

    Critic's Choice
  • 1952
    Hotsy Footsy

    Hotsy Footsy

    Hotsy Footsy

    7.51952HD

    Magoo's at a Rutgers alumni dance and winds up squaring off with a pro wrestler at the arena across the alley, thinking he's dancing with the wife of...

    Hotsy Footsy
  • 1962
    The Horizontal Lieutenant

    The Horizontal Lieutenant

    The Horizontal Lieutenant

    5.21962HD

    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
  • 1975
    Crazy Mama

    Crazy Mama

    Crazy Mama

    5.61975HD

    Melba Stokes, her mother Sheba and daughter Cheryl embark on a crime spree after their California beauty parlor is repossessed. Their destination is...

    Crazy Mama