Search results for "Jim Backus"
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
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
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…

Gilligan’s Planet

Gilligan’s Planet

Gilligan’s Planet
TMDb: 6
30 min

Gilligan’s Planet is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by the Filmation animation studio and MGM/UA Television which aired during the 1982-1983 season on CBS. It was the second animated spin-off…

Status: Ended
Genre: Animation
The New Adventures of Gilligan

The New Adventures of Gilligan

The New Adventures of Gilligan
TMDb: 6
30 min

The New Adventures of Gilligan is an animated series produced by Filmation and was aired on ABC during the 1974–1977 seasons.

Status: Ended
Genre: Animation
Gilligan’s Island

Gilligan’s Island

Gilligan’s Island
TMDb: 7.6
25 min

The slapstick adventures of hapless Gilligan, long-suffering Skipper and their gang of mismatched castaways, all stranded on an uncharted desert isle after their tiny ship hit stormy weather.

Status: Ended
Genre: Comedy, Family
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: 6.7
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: 5.2
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
Pete’s Dragon

Pete’s Dragon

Pete’s Dragon
IMDb: 6.3
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…

Friday Foster

Friday Foster

Friday Foster
IMDb: 6
90

Friday Foster, a 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 Tarr….

Genre: Action, Thriller
Hello Down There

Hello Down There

Hello Down There
IMDb: 5.7
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: 6.5
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
The Lost World

The Lost World

The Lost World
IMDb: 5.5
N/A

The New Adventures of Gilligan is an animated series produced by Filmation and was aired on ABC during the 1974–1977 seasons.

Genre: Animation
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, Mystery
Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause
IMDb: 7.6
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
Man of a Thousand Faces

Man of a Thousand Faces

Man of a Thousand Faces
IMDb: 7.1
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: 6.8
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
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
IMDb: 8.1
N/A

Gilligan’s Planet is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by the Filmation animation studio and MGM/UA Television which aired during the 1982-1983 season on CBS. It was the second animated spin-off…

Genre: Animation
The High Cost of Loving

The High Cost of Loving

The High Cost of Loving
IMDb: 6.4
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: 5.2
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: 6.7
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: 6.1
75

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 nephew’s laziness, Abdul…

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: 2.5
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: 5.7
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.

Genre: Comedy, Romance, War
Myra Breckinridge

Myra Breckinridge

Myra Breckinridge
IMDb: 4.4
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
Advance to the Rear

Advance to the Rear

Advance to the Rear
IMDb: 5.8
97

As punishment for their incompetence in battle, disgraced Union soldier Capt. Jared Heath and his apathetic commanding officer, Col. Claude Brackenbury, are reassigned away from the front lines. The hapless…

Genre: Comedy, War, Western
The Wild and the Innocent

The Wild and the Innocent

The Wild and the Innocent
IMDb: 6.4
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
Operation Bikini

Operation Bikini

Operation Bikini
IMDb: 3.7
77

The film takes place aboard an American submarine in the Pacific during World War II. The sub’s commander is ordered to stop and pick up an underwater demolition team led…

Genre: Drama, War
Surviving Gilligan’s Island

Surviving Gilligan’s Island

Surviving Gilligan’s Island
IMDb: 7.3
100

A (very) warm-hearted film about the Sasha of Gilligan’s Island – from it’s beginning. Told with humour and candour by Mary Ann (Dawn Wells) the professor (Russell Johnson), and –…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Meet Me in Las Vegas

Meet Me in Las Vegas

Meet Me in Las Vegas
IMDb: 6
112

Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he’s lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn’t like to hold hands with…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol

Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol

Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol
IMDb: 7.6
52

An animated, magical, musical version of Dickens’ timeless classic “A Christmas Carol.” The nearsighted Mr. Magoo doesn’t have a ghost of a chance as Ebenezer Scrooge, unless he learns the…

The Girl Most Likely to…

The Girl Most Likely to…

The Girl Most Likely to…
IMDb: 7.3
74

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