Jim Backus Movies

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

The homespun Nelson family must deal with various comical situations, including an encounter with gangsters.

The newly crowned Rose Bowl Princess and a tough but tender football player find the California Rose Bowl is an area for their budding romance.

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!

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

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

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

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...

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...

Documentary on the various mysteries in Hollywood.

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

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

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

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

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....

A naive teenager gets pregnant and is forced to face the realities of life.

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.

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

Enthralled with tales of the Great North Forest conveyed to him by friendly carrier pigeon Pippo, young chipmunk Glikko leaves the safety of his...