Jim Backus Movies

  • 1959
    The Wild and the Innocent

    The Wild and the Innocent

    The Wild and the Innocent

    6.31959HD

    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 tr...

    The Wild and the Innocent
  • 1951
    Hollywood Story

    Hollywood Story

    Hollywood Story

    6.51951HD

    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 director shot...

    Hollywood Story
  • 1960
    Ice Palace

    Ice Palace

    Ice Palace

    5.81960HD

    Alaska: America's last great wilderness frontier. A land of primitive grandeur, of glaciers, mountains and ice-fields. And of ambitious cannery tycoon...

    Ice Palace
  • 2005
    Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

    Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

    Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

    02005HD

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

    Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
  • 1951
    Plutopia

    Plutopia

    Plutopia

    5.51951HD

    Mickey's on vacation at Camp Utopia. At first Pluto thinks it really is utopia: trees everywhere and a cat to chase. But the cabin rules are strict: n...

    Plutopia
  • 1949
    A Dangerous Profession

    A Dangerous Profession

    A Dangerous Profession

    5.61949HD

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

    A Dangerous Profession
  • 1962
    Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

    Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

    Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

    6.31962HD

    In this animated musical version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", Ebenezer Scrooge - via Mr. Magoo's starring performance in a stage productio...

    Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
  • 2004
    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    7.62004HD

    From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen...

    Los Angeles Plays Itself
  • 1950
    Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

    Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

    Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

    6.11950HD

    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 whic...

    Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
  • 1951
    Iron Man

    Iron Man

    Iron Man

    4.51951HD

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

    Iron Man
  • 1982
    Slapstick of Another Kind

    Slapstick of Another Kind

    Slapstick of Another Kind

    2.71982HD

    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
  • 1963
    Johnny Cool

    Johnny Cool

    Johnny Cool

    5.21963HD

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

    Johnny Cool
  • 1962
    Zotz!

    Zotz!

    Zotz!

    5.61962HD

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

    Zotz!
  • 1951
    The Man with a Cloak

    The Man with a Cloak

    The Man with a Cloak

    6.91951HD

    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 b...

    The Man with a Cloak
  • 1975
    Friday Foster

    Friday Foster

    Friday Foster

    5.91975HD

    Friday Foster, a magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in Am...

    Friday Foster
  • 1965
    Billie

    Billie

    Billie

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    A 16-year-old tomboy and high school athlete becomes embroiled with the lives around her boyfriend whose conservative father is running for mayor.

    Billie
  • 1973
    The Girl Most Likely To...

    The Girl Most Likely To...

    The Girl Most Likely To...

    6.61973HD

    An ugly girl undergoes plastic surgery and becomes beautiful. She then takes revenge on all the people who mistreated her when she was ugly.

    The Girl Most Likely To...
  • 1963
    Critic's Choice

    Critic's Choice

    Critic's Choice

    5.51963HD

    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 reviewin...

    Critic's Choice
  • 1979
    C.H.O.M.P.S.

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

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

    4.91979HD

    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 b...

    C.H.O.M.P.S.
  • 1956
    You Can't Run Away from It

    You Can't Run Away from It

    You Can't Run Away from It

    4.31956HD

    A reporter stumbles on a runaway heiress whose story could salvage his career.

    You Can't Run Away from It