Jim Backus Movies

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

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

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...

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

Wendell Burton is a guy who can't get over his ex-girlfriend, Lana Wood. He is caught up in a nutty crisis of trying to survive life without her!

In this animated retelling of the classic tale, Abdul Aziz Magoo -- an ancestor of Mr. Magoo -- is the lamp-selling uncle of Aladdin. Tired of his...

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...

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

Set in 19th-century New York, this mystery begins when a Frenchwoman shows up at the home of one of Napoleon's former marshals. The alcoholic man is...

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

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

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

Nurse Nora Gilpin plans are to marry building contractor Tim McCarey and settle down. But one night a sleepwalking Nora slips into a provocative...

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

Documentary on the various mysteries in Hollywood.

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....

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

Long distance telephone calls save the day when Aunt Emily tries to sell the farm, and when Harriet tries to decide whose proposal to accept, Tom's...

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

Mr. Magoo has a windup toy mistaken for a bomb.