1001 Arabian Nights 1959  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy
Director: Jack Kinney
Cast: Jim Backus, Kathryn Grant, Dwayne Hickman, Hans Conried, Herschel Bernardi, Alan Reed, Daws Butler, Clark Sisters
The cartoon character, Mr. Magoo (voice of Jim Backus), is the near-sighted focus of this animated film about the genie, Aladdin (voice of Dwayne Hickman), and Mr. Magoo's adventures in Arabia.
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Above and Beyond 1952  N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Cast: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore, Larry Keating, Larry Gates, Marilyn Erskine, Jim Backus, Stephen Dunne, Robert Burton, Hayden Rorke, Lawrence Dobkin, Dick Simmons, Jeff Richards, John McKee, Christopher Olsen
This biographical drama is about Air Force Colonel Paul Tibbetts' (Robert Taylor) training and preparation for his B-29 bombing mission that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and helped bring an end to World War II.
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Advance to the Rear 1964  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Jim Backus, Joan Blondell, Andrew Prine, Alan Hale Jr., Whit Bissell, Michael Pate, Preston Foster
Captain Jared Heath leads a group of inept soldiers who encounter espionage and the loss of their gold shipment, in this above average comedy.
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Androcles and the Lion 1952 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Chester Erskine
Cast: Jean Simmons, Alan Young, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, Maurice Evans, Elsa Lanchester, Reginald Gardiner, Gene Lockhart, Alan Mowbray, Jim Backus
Based on George Bernard Shaw's satire, this is the story of a young Christian, Androcles (Alan Young), who is saved from certain death in the Coliseum because he has made friends with a lion.
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Angel Face 1952 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman, Herbert Marshall, Jim Backus, Leon Ames, Barbara O'Neil, Kenneth Tobey, Raymond Greenleaf, Griff Barnett, Robert Gist, Morgan Farley, Bess Flowers, Herbert Lytton
When a beautiful–but psychotic–rich woman, Diane (Jean Simmons), plots to kill her stepmother Catherine (Barbara O'Neil), ambulance driver Frank (Robert Mitchum) unwittingly becomes involved in the crime. Frank is hired as the family chauffeur, and Diane fixes the car so that it goes over a cliff, but the accident kills not only Catherine but Diane's father Charles (Herbert Marshall) as well. Frank and Diane are now charged with murder. In an effort to sway the jury, Diane's lawyer (Leon Ames) suggests Diane and Frank marry, they do, and are acquitted. After being freed, Frank realizes that he cannot be married to a murderess and tells Diane that he is leaving her. Not a good move because Diane now puts the car into reverse, they fall over a cliff, and hurtle to their deaths.
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Angels' Brigade 1979  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Angels' Revenge
Director: Greydon Clark
Cast: Jack Palance, Neville Brand, Jim Backus, Peter Lawford, Pat Buttram, Alan Hale Jr., Kieu Chinh, Arthur Godfrey, Silvia Anderson, Darby Hinton
Taking matters into their own hands, citizens go after drug pushers in this action-filled, but mindless, movie.
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Ask Any Girl 1959 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: David Niven, Gig Young, Shirley MacLaine, Rod Taylor, Jim Backus, Elisabeth Fraser, Claire Kelly, Boyd "Red" Morgan, Carmen Phillips, Myrna Hansen
A naive young girl comes to New York and gets help from a motivation researcher in finding a husband.
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The Big Operator 1959  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Anatomy of a Syndicate
Director: Charles F. Haas
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Mel Torme, Ray Danton, Jim Backus, Jackie Coogan, Jay North, Don "Red" Barry, Lawrence Dobkin
When federal agents investigate, labor union boss Little Joe Braun (Mickey Rooney) fights the government crackdown of his operation.
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Billie 1965 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Weis
Cast: Patty Duke, Jim Backus, Jane Greer, Warren Berlinger, Billy De Wolfe, Charles(2) Lane, Dick Sargent, Michael Fox, Richard Deacon, Ted Bessell
Talented athlete Billie (Patty Duke) bows to the wishes of parents and others to change her lifestyle from that of tomboy to a "ladylike" young woman.
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Boys' Night Out 1962 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Gordon
Cast: Kim Novak, James Garner, Tony Randall, Howard Duff, Janet Blair, Jessie Royce Landis, Oskar Homolka, Zsa Zsa Gabor, William Bendix, Jim Backus
Four young executives, with families in suburbia, rent a penthouse flat in the city; they staff it with a young woman, Cathy (Kim Novak), who–unbeknownst to the four amorous men–is a sociology student using them for her research paper.
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Bright Victory 1951  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Arthur Kennedy, Peggy Dow, James Edwards, Will Geer, Nana Bryant, Julie Adams, Minor Watson, Jim Backus, Richard Egan, Murray Hamilton
Arthur Kennedy was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Larry Nevins–a World War II veteran who must adapt to a life of blindness, the result of his war injuries. 1 User Review
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| | One of my Top 10 All-time Favorites | OldFilmFan 01/28/2007 | | This film has some of the best character development in multiple characters I've ever seen in the movies. A story of moral courage, compassion, triumph over handicap, and hope for all who face the loss of a faculty -- this film is a must for young minds and old. Brilliant from start to finish. |
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C.H.O.M.P.S. 1979 G, 89 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Don Chaffey
Cast: Wesley Eure, Valerie Bertinelli, Conrad Bain, Chuck McCann, Red Buttons, Hermione Baddeley, Jim Backus, Larry Bishop, Robert Q. Lewis, Austin Willis
A young inventor (Wesley Eure) comes up with a computer-controlled dog and is immediately beset by business woes. The title is an acronym for "Canine Home Protection System."
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Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County 1970 G, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ranald MacDougall
Cast: Dan Blocker, Nanette Fabray, Jim Backus, Wally Cox, Jack Elam, Henry Jones, Stubby Kaye, Mickey Rooney, Noah Beery Jr., Jack Cassidy
Blacksmith Charley (Dan Blocker) invests in a mail-order bride, and townsfolk of Calico County talk Sadie (Nanette Fabray) into posing as the bride-to-be when the real bride fails to appear. 2 User Reviews
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| | Terrific Movie !!! | GeneralMax 02/24/2008 | | Where Can I Buy It !!! |
| | Anonymous 05/01/2007 | | I Love this movie |
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Crazy Mama 1975 PG, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Cloris Leachman, Stuart Whitman, Ann Sothern, Jim Backus, Donny Most, Linda Purl, Sally Kirkland, Dick Miller, Harry Northrup, John Aprea
Three generations of one family (Cloris Leachman, Ann Sothern, and Linda Purl) commit robberies during a car trip across country in this gem of a movie. 1950s sounds and sights.
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Critic's Choice 1963 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Weis
Cast: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Maxwell, Rip Torn, Jessie Royce Landis, John Dehner, Jim Backus, Marie Windsor, Richard Deacon, Jerome Cowan
Loosely based on Ira Levin's play, this is the story of stage critic Parker Ballantine's (Bob Hope) dilemma when his own wife Angela's (Lucille Ball) play is about to be produced on Broadway.
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Deadline U.S.A. 1952 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Kim Hunter, Ethel Barrymore, Ed Begley, Paul Stewart, Jim Backus, Warren Stevens, Joe De Santis, Carleton Young, Martin Gabel
Humphrey Bogart plays the honest newspaper editor who fights the evil underworld as his publisher (Ethel Barrymore) struggles to keep the business going.
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Deep in My Heart 1954 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Comedy
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Jose Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Helen Traubel, Doe Avedon, Walter Pidgeon, Paul Henreid, Tamara Toumanova, Jim Backus, Gene Kelly, Russ Tamblyn, Paul Stewart, Isobel Elsom, Rosemary Clooney, Jane Powell, Ann Miller
Jose Ferrer is excellent in his role as Sigmund Romberg who comes to the United States in 1909 and begins his song-writing career in New York City. He is encouraged by Anna Mueller (Helen Traubel), and 40 years later he has written more than 2,000 songs as well as the scores for more than 80 plays, musical shows, and operettas–including "The Student Prince" and "The Desert Song." Romberg's songs, performed by musical stars, highlight this biography of his rise to fame and fortune.
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Don't Bother to Knock 1952 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Donna Corcoran, Jeanne Cagney, Jim Backus, Verna Felton, Lurene Tuttle, Elisha Cook Jr., Willis Bouchey
Nell (Marilyn Monroe) is a psychotic woman who becomes unhinged while hired as a babysitter for guests at a hotel.
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Easy Living 1949 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Victor Mature, Lizabeth Scott, Lucille Ball, Sonny Tufts, Lloyd Nolan, Paul Stewart, Jeff Donnell, Jim Backus, Don Beddoe, Art Baker
A football player (Victor Mature) risks a heart attack and continues to play his sport for fear that his wife (Lizabeth Scott) will not stay in their marriage if he quits the game.
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Eighteen and Anxious 1957 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joe Parker
Cast: Martha Scott, Jim Backus, Mary Webster, William Campbell, Jackie Coogan, Yvonne Craig, Ron Hagerthy, Connie Stevens, Jackie Loughery, Damian O'Flynn
A teenage woman secretly marries, and is shortly widowed when her husband is killed while drag racing. She has a child, but can't prove she was married. Her life goes downhill from there in this exploitation film.
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Emergency Wedding 1950 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Larry Parks, Barbara Hale, Willard Parker, Una Merkel, Alan Reed, Eduard Franz, Irving Bacon, Don Beddoe, Jim Backus, Queenie Smith
In this remake of "You Belong to Me," Dr. Helen Hunt (Barbara Hale) is about to divorce her worthless husband–until he turns his life around and becomes a benefactor to humankind.
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Francis in the Navy 1955 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Martha Hyer, Clint Eastwood, Jim Backus, Richard Erdman, David Janssen, Leigh Snowden, Martin Milner, Paul Burke, Chill Wills
This is the fifth sequel to the original "Francis" movie. In this one, Francis (the talking mule) takes on the Navy single-hoofed. This is a fun family movie.
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Friday Foster 1975 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Arthur Marks
Cast: Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, Godfrey Cambridge, Thalmus Rasulala, Eartha Kitt, Jim Backus, Scatman Crothers, Carl Weathers, Ted Lange, Tierre Turner, Paul Benjamin, Jason Bernard, Ed Cambridge, Julius Harris, Rosalind Miles
As in the comic strip, our heroine Friday Foster (Pam Grier) is a fashion photographer who leads a double life in her fight for truth and justice. This time, she hears about an assassination conspiracy originating in Washington, D.C., and heads there with private detective Colt Hawkins (Yaphet Kotto) to track down the conspirators.
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The Girl He Left Behind 1956 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Tab Hunter, Natalie Wood, Jessie Royce Landis, Jim Backus, Henry Jones, Murray Hamilton, Alan King, James Garner, David Janssen, Vinton Haworth
An Army recruit, Andy Sheaffer (Tab Hunter), becomes a man under the influence of military training, while his girlfriend, Susan Daniels (Natalie Wood), awaits his return.
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The Girl Most Likely to... 1973 TV, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lee Philips
Cast: Stockard Channing, Edward Asner, Jim Backus, Joe Flynn, Chuck McCann, Carl Ballantine, Susanne Zenor, Larry Wilcox, Warren Berlinger, Annette O'Toole, Angela Clarke, Bill Zuckert
Miriam Knight (Stockard Channing) is bright and witty, but she has one flaw: she is ugly. Plastic surgery is chosen by Miriam, and it is successful. But, that is not good enough. Miriam sets out to take murderous revenge on all who have wronged her in the past. Detective Ralph Varone (Edward Asner) enters the scene as the death count rises.
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The Great Lover 1949 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Musical / Thriller
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Roland Young, Roland Culver, George Reeves, Jim Backus, Richard Lyon, Gary Gray, Sig Arno, Jerry Hunter, Jack Benny, Paul Bryar, Fritz Feld, Norman Leavitt
Freddie Hunter (Bob Hope) chaperones a group of Boy Scouts on an ocean liner traveling to Europe. En route, they run smack into a series of adventures when they face gambler C. J. Dabney (Roland Young) who is also a murderer.
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The Great Man 1956 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jose Ferrer
Cast: Jose Ferrer, Dean Jagger, Keenan Wynn, Julie London, Joanne Gilbert, Ed Wynn, Jim Backus, Lyle Talbot, Edward Platt, Russ Morgan
Reporter Joe Harris (Jose Ferrer) investigates the life of a recently departed and much beloved radio star and comes up with the story of a not-so-lovable character.
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The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island 1981 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Baldwin
Cast: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Russell Johnson, Dawn Wells, Connie Forslund, Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Scatman Crothers, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain
This is the third Gilligan TV movie that constituted a comeback for the Gilligan crew still stuck on the island. They get a visit from the Harlem Globetrotters, a mad scientist, and basketballing robots.
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Hello Down There 1969 G, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
aka: Sub-A-Dub-Dub
Director: Jack Arnold, Ricou Browning
Cast: Tony Randall, Janet Leigh, Roddy McDowall, Jim Backus, Ken Berry, Charlotte Rae, Richard Dreyfuss, Arnold Stang, Merv Griffin, Lee Meredith, Kay Cole, Gary Tigerman, Lou Wagner, Bruce Gordon, Harvey Lembeck
This story is about Fred and Vivian Miller (Tony Randall and Janet Leigh) and their family moving into an underwater home where they plan to live for 30 days. TV host Merv Griffin (playing himself) arranges an underwater interview. Meanwhile, two of the Miller kids–Lorrie (Kay Cole) and Tommy (Gary Tigerman)–are members of a rock band that includes Harold, Nate, and Marvin (Richard Dreyfuss, Roddy McDowall, and Lou Wagner), and they are trying to cut a record. The film is silly, but it is fun to watch.
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The High Cost of Loving 1958 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jose Ferrer
Cast: Jose Ferrer, Gena Rowlands, Joanne Gilbert, Jim Backus, Bobby Troup, Philip Ober, Edward Platt, Charles Watts, Werner Klemperer
In this satire on modern-day life, Gina Rowlands makes her film debut as Virginia Fry, who learns of her pregnancy just as her husband, Jim (Jose Ferrer), is told that his job is in jeopardy.
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His Kind of Woman 1951 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price, Tim Holt, Raymond Burr, Charles McGraw, Marjorie Reynolds, Jim Backus, Leslye Banning, Philip Van Zandt
A professional gambler, Dan Milner (Robert Mitchum), heads to South America on orders to sit and wait. He soon finds out he is being set up as a foil for racketeer Nick Ferraro (Raymond Burr).
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Hollywood Story 1951 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Castle
Cast: Richard Conte, Julie Adams, Richard Egan, Henry Hull, Fred Clark, Jim Backus, Paul Cavanagh, Houseley Stevenson, Francis X. Bushman, Joel McCrea
A movie director was murdered 20 years ago. Now, Larry O'Brien (Richard Conte) comes to Hollywood to make a movie about the crime and uncovers the real story behind the murder.
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Hurry Sundown 1967 N/R, 142 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Robert Hooks, Diahann Carroll, Faye Dunaway, Burgess Meredith, George Kennedy, Jim Backus, Robert Reed
An avaricious Southerner, Henry Warren (Michael Caine), plots to expand his landholdings and has his eye on his cousin's land. Rad McDowell (John Phillip Law) and Reeve Scott (Robert Hooks) try to stop him.
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I Love Melvin 1953 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Don Weis
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Una Merkel, Richard Anderson, Jim Backus, Robert Taylor, Allyn Joslyn, Les Tremayne, Barbara Ruick, Howard Keel
A would-be photographer (Donald O'Connor) for "Look" magazine pretends to be a man with important connections in order to make an impression on a young chorus girl (Debbie Reynolds).
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I Want You 1951  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Dana Andrews, Dorothy McGuire, Farley Granger, Peggy Dow, Robert Keith, Mildred Dunnock, Ray Collins, Martin Milner, Jim Backus, Walter Sande
The Korean War's impact on families is the subject of this film, which provides an insightful artifact of the Cold War era.
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Ice Palace 1960 N/R, 143 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Richard Burton, Robert Ryan, Carolyn Jones, Ray Danton, Martha Hyer, Jim Backus, Diane McBain, Shirley Knight, Karl Swenson, Barry Kelley
Based on Edna Ferber's saga about Alaska's development leading to statehood, this story depicts Zeb (Richard Burton) and Thor's (Robert Ryan) long-time friendship and competition between their respective family interests.
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Iron Man 1951 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes, Stephen McNally, Joyce Holden, Rock Hudson, Jim Backus, James Arness, George Baxter, John Maxwell, Larry J. Blake
In this remake of the 1931 film, coalminer Coke Mason (Jeff Chandler) becomes a boxer to earn money to buy a radio store despite problems with his wife, Rose (Evelyn Keyes).
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 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World 1963 N/R, 188 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Drama
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Mickey Rooney, Ethel Merman, Phil Silvers, Jim Backus, Carl Reiner, Jerry Lewis, Dick Shawn, Terry-Thomas, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson
Buried treasure is the goal of a large group of people who madly race around chasing each other in pursuit of the $350,000 prize. An all-star cast of comedians participates in the chase.
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I'll See You in My Dreams 1951 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy, Patrice Wymore, James Gleason, Mary Wickes, Jim Backus, Hans Conried, Minna Gombell, Harry Antrim
This is a semi-accurate biography of songwriter Gus Kahn (Danny Thomas) and his marriage to Grace LeBoy Kahn (Doris Day). Together, they wrote such songs as "I'll See You in My Dreams," "Ain't We Got Fun," and "Makin' Whoopee."
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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home 1965 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Peter Ustinov, Richard Crenna, Jim Backus, Scott Brady, Harry Morgan, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Jackie Coogan, Charles(2) Lane, Jerome Cowan
When a U-2 pilot is downed in the Middle East, he coaches the kingdom's football team into a winning entity who is ready to play Notre Dame.
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Johnny Cool 1963 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Asher
Cast: Henry Silva, Elizabeth Montgomery, Richard Anderson, Jim Backus, Joey Bishop, Brad Dexter, Wanda Hendrix, Marc Lawrence, John McGiver, Telly Savalas
A vicious gangster embarks on a senseless series of murders in this extremely violent film.
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 M 1951 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Jim Backus, Luther Adler, Steve Brodie, Raymond Burr, Karen Morley, Norman Lloyd, John Miljan
This remake of the 1931 German film is not as good; however, it is an entertaining thriller about the tracking-down of a child murderer.
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Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town 1950 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Jim Backus, Ray Collins, Barbara Brown, Esther Dale, Ellen Corby, Oliver Blake
Pa Kettle (Percy Kilbride) wins a contest, and the prize includes a trip to New York City. Once there, Ma (Marjorie Main) and Pa meet up with some gangsters, but the bad guys are no match for the Kettles.
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Macabre 1958 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Castle
Cast: William Prince, Jim Backus, Christine White, Jacqueline Scott, Susan Morrow, Ellen Corby, Dorothy Morris, Philip Tonge, Jonathan Kidd, Howard Hoffman
When this film was released, theaters used the gimmick of insuring its moviegoers for $1,000 against "death by fright." The story involves a diabolical plot by a father (William Prince) to fake his daughter Alice's (Dorothy Morris) kidnapping and bring on her grandfather's heart attack.
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Man of a Thousand Faces 1957 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer, Marjorie Rambeau, Jim Backus, Jeanne Cagney, Robert Evans, Celia Lovsky, Jack Albertson, Philip Van Zandt, Nolan Leary, Roger Smith, Robert Lyden, Troy Donahue, "Snub" Pollard
This film presents the biography of the celebrated silent screen actor Lon Chaney (James Cagney), master of horror and make-up. Although it dwells too much on his troubled private life, and not enough on his successes, it is a well-executed drama with a moving performance by Cagney.
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The Man with a Cloak 1951 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Fletcher Markle
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern, Leslie Caron, Joe De Santis, Jim Backus, Margaret Wycherly, Richard Hale, Nicholas Joy, Roy Roberts
Set in New York during 1848, this mystery is about a plot to get money to support the cause of the new French republic.
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 Meet Me in Las Vegas 1956 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Agnes Moorehead, Lili Darvas, Jim Backus, Oscar Karlweis, Paul Henreid, Lena Horne, Frankie Laine, Jerry Colonna
A gambling rancher (Dan Dailey) finds his luck soars and his bets are all winners when he holds the hand of a ballerina (Cyd Charisse).
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 Miracle on 34th Street 1973  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Fielder Cook
Cast: Jane Alexander, David Hartman, Roddy McDowall, Sebastian Cabot, Suzanne Davidson, Jim Backus, Tom Bosley, David Doyle, James Gregory, Roland Winters, Conrad Janis, Ellen Weston, Burt Mustin, Jason Wingreen, Liam Dunn
This TV remake of the 1947 classic follows the former movie closely, with Sebastian Cabot in the role of Kris Kringle who is hired to play Santa Claus during the Christmas season at Macy's. Kris becomes friends with Macy's manager Karen Walker (Jane Alexander), her young daughter Susan (Susan Davidson), and their neighbor Bill (David Hartman). Kris claims that he is the real Santa Claus and tries to convince Susan that her mother is wrong and that Santa Claus really does exist. This leads to a sanity hearing where Kris must convince both a court and Susan that he is, indeed, the real Santa. Again remade in 1994. 1 User Review
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| | lois copeland 03/12/2007 | It has been a long time since I have veiwed this move in Canada.
From what I remember it was a great movie and if enyone has a copy I would like to purchase one loiscope227@hotmail.com |
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Mr. Magoo: Man of Mystery 1964 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Animation / Comedy
Director: Abe Levitow
Cast: Jim Backus
In this compilation of four cartoons, Mr. Magoo (voice of Jim Backus) takes on the roles of Dick Tracy, Doctor Frankenstein, Doctor Watson, and the Count of Monte Cristo.
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Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol 1962 G, 53 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Abe Levitow
Cast: Jim Backus, Jack Cassidy, Royal Dano, Morey Amsterdam, June Foray, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner, John Hart, Jane Kean, Les Tremayne
Ebenezer Scrooge has more than just his known problem of "seeing" the greed that he has allowed to permeate his life when Mr. Magoo (voice of Jim Backus) takes on the role–myopic vision and all.
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My Six Loves 1963 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gower Champion
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Cliff Robertson, David Janssen, Eileen Heckart, Hans Conried, John McGiver, Alice Ghostley, Pippa Scott, Jim Backus, Max Showalter
A preacher (Cliff Robertson) arranges for six orphans to go for a visit at the home of an actress (Debbie Reynolds). The visit proves to be the answer for the problems of all involved.
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Myra Breckinridge 1970  R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Sarne
Cast: Mae West, John Huston, Raquel Welch, Rex Reed, Farrah Fawcett, John Carradine, Tom Selleck, Jim Backus, Andy Devine, Grady Sutton
Gore Vidal's sensational novel is brought to the screen in this tasteless film about a film critic who becomes a transsexual.
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Now You See Him, Now You Don't 1972 G, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Butler
Cast: Kurt Russell, Cesar Romero, Joe Flynn, Jim Backus, William Windom, Michael McGreevey, Richard Bakalyan, Alan Hewitt, Ed Begley Jr.
In this sequel to "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes," Kurt Russell returns in the role of college student Dexter Riley who invents a fluid that makes things invisible, and mobster A. J. Arno (Caesar Romero) is again after him for his own illegal gains.
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The Opposite Sex 1956 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Miller
Cast: June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller, Leslie Nielsen, Agnes Moorehead, Charlotte Greenwood, Joan Blondell, Jim Backus
This remake of 1939's "The Women" features June Allison as the wife who connives to get her wandering husband back. Good, but not quite as good as the earlier version, and is now a musical.
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 Pat and Mike 1952 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Aldo Ray, William Ching, Jim Backus, Charles Bronson, Chuck Connors, Sammy White, George Mathews, Loring Smith
Love blossoms when a sports promoter (Spencer Tracy) turns a talented tennis player (Katharine Hepburn) into a star athlete.
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Pete's Dragon 1977  G, 128 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Don Chaffey
Cast: Helen Reddy, Jim Dale, Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons, Sean Marshall, Jim Backus, Shelley Winters, Jeff Conaway, Charlie Callas, Robert Foulk, Jane Kean, Charles Tyner, Gary Morgan, Cal Bartlett, Walter Barnes
Pete (Sean Marshall) is a nine year-old, orphaned boy in Maine who runs away from his foster family. Along the way, Pete encounters a 12-foot tall dragon named Elliott (voice of Charlie Callas), and they become friends. Elliot is visible only to Pete, and they arrive in the ocean-front town of Passamaquaddy where problems arise. Nora (Helen Reddy) takes Pete to her home in the lighthouse where her father, Lampie (Mickey Rooney), invites him to live with them, and they form a "new" family–despite problems from con artist Dr. Terminus (Jim Dale).
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A Private's Affair 1959 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Sal Mineo, Christine Carere, Barry Coe, Barbara Eden, Gary Crosby, Terry Moore, Jim Backus, Jessie Royce Landis, Alan Hewitt, Bob Denver
A group of young entertainers gather together to put on a television show while performing at an Army base.
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 Rebel Without a Cause 1955  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Dennis Hopper, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Nick Adams, Corey Allen, William Hopper, Rochelle Hudson, Virginia Brissac, Marietta Canty, Jack Grinnage, Ian Wolfe, Edward Platt
A new kid in town, troubled teenager Jim (James Dean), cannot reconcile himself to his parents' middle-class lifestyle and is befriended by two high-school classmates Judy and Plato (Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo). However, as the friendship develops, and they get involved in a "chicken" race of cars speeding toward a cliff, tragedy ensues. Mineo and Wood received Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress.
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Rescue from Gilligan's Island 1978 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Cast: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Judith Baldwin, Russell Johnson, Dawn Wells, Vincent Schiavelli, Art LaFleur, Norman Bartold, Mary Gregory
After all those years, the crew of the Minnow is rescued after the Professor (Russell Johnson) uses part of a barometer from a Russian satellite that had crashed on the island. The barometer indicates that a huge wave will sweep the island, so Gilligan (Bob Denver) and crew prepare to ride it off the island and out to sea. The plan works, after a rescue by a Navy helicopter, and they arrive in Hawaii. Civilization has changed, and it is not easy to adjust–especially with those Russian spies looking for the barometer.
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Slapstick (Of Another Kind) 1982 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steven Paul
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, John Abbott, Jim Backus, Merv Griffin, Pat Morita, Orson Welles, Samuel Fuller, Steven Paul
Wealthy and famous parents, Wilbur (Jerry Lewis) and Eliza (Madeline Kahn) Swain, have very ugly twins (also played by Lewis and Kahn) who are actually aliens from another planet.
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The Square Jungle 1955 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Hopper
Cast: Tony Curtis, Pat Crowley, Ernest Borgnine, Paul Kelly, Jim Backus, Leigh Snowden, David Janssen, Carmen McRae, John Marley, Barney Phillips
Eddie Quaid (Tony Curtis) is an amateur boxer who battles his way into the professional world of boxing and the championship.
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Sunday in New York 1963 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Cast: Cliff Robertson, Jane Fonda, Rod Taylor, Robert Culp, Jim Backus, Jo Morrow, Peter Nero, Jim Hutton, Alvy Moore, Rayford Barnes
Eileen Tyler (Jane Fonda) is a virgin who seeks refuge in her brother Adam's (Cliff Robertson) New York City apartment. The fun begins when Eileen discovers that she now has two men interested in her.
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There Goes the Bride 1980 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Terry Marcel
Cast: Tom Smothers, Twiggy, Martin Balsam, Sylvia Syms, Michael Whitney, Hermione Baddeley, Jim Backus, Phil Silvers, Broderick Crawford, Geoffrey Sumner
Father of the bride Timothy Westerby (Tom Smothers) imagines that Twiggy "appears on the scene" during his daughter's wedding ceremony.
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Top Secret Affair 1957 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Susan Hayward, Kirk Douglas, Paul Stewart, Jim Backus, John Cromwell, Roland Winters, Michael Fox, Frank Gerstle, Arthur Gould-Porter, Charles(2) Lane
When journalist Dottie Peale (Susan Hayward) tries to write an expose on Major General Melville Goodwin (Kirk Douglas), love gets in the way. 1 User Review
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| | throughly enlighting | donoharm 09/22/2007 | | like most movies this has a touch of truth. reporters are as unscruplous then as they are today. so many time it seem no one wants the truth, only dirt. pity! |
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The Wheeler Dealers 1963 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: James Garner, Lee Remick, Phil Harris, Chill Wills, Jim Backus, Louis Nye, John Astin, Pat Harrington Jr., Robert Strauss, Pat Crowley
Texas oil baron Henry Tyroon (James Garner) heads for New York City to invest in the Stock Market and becomes involved with stock analyst Molly Thatcher (Lee Remick).
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Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? 1968 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hy Averback
Cast: Doris Day, Robert Morse, Terry-Thomas, Patrick O'Neal, Lola Albright, Steve Allen, Jim Backus, Ben Blue, Pat Paulsen, Earl Wilson
Set amidst the 9 November 1965 blackout in the Northeastern United States, this is an attempt-at-a-comedy about crises encountered during that long evening.
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 1962 N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Laurence Harvey, Karl Boehm, Claire Bloom, Walter Slezak, Oskar Homolka, Yvette Mimieux, Russ Tamblyn, Jim Backus, Terry-Thomas, Buddy Hackett
Four tales of Jacob (Karl Boehm) and Wilhelm (Laurence Harvey) Grimm are told in this biographical musical of the famous storytellers from days of yore. This film won the Academy Award for Best Costuming.
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You Can't Run Away from It 1956 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Dick Powell
Cast: June Allyson, Jack Lemmon, Charles Bickford, Paul Gilbert, Jim Backus, Stubby Kaye, Henny Youngman, Allyn Joslyn, Jack Albertson, Walter Baldwin, Byron Foulger, Louise Beavers, Richard H. Cutting, Raymond Greenleaf
This remake of "It Happened One Night" has been set to music as it re-tells the story of heiress Ellie Andrews (June Allyson) who runs away from her impending marriage and discovers real love in the person of newspaper reporter Peter Warne (Jack Lemmon).
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Zotz! 1962 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Fantasy
Director: William Castle
Cast: Tom Poston, Julia Meade, Jim Backus, Fred Clark, Cecil Kellaway, Margaret Dumont, Jimmy Hawkins, Elaine Martone, Zeme North, James Millhollin, Carl Don, Mike Mazurki, Louis Nye, Frank J. Scannell, Judee Morton
College professor Jonathan Jones (Tom Poston) discovers "zotz," which is a magic coin that gives him power over those around him. Jones offers "zotz" to the Pentagon only to learn that the Army brass believes he is crazy. When foreign agents learn about "zotz," they set out to kidnap Jones, but, during the attempt, Jones drops his magic coin, and it is lost forever in the sewer.
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| 1. 1001 Arabian Nights (1959)
2. Above and Beyond (1952)
3. Advance to the Rear (1964)
4. Androcles and the Lion (1952)
5. Angel Face (1952)
6. Angels' Brigade (1979)
aka: Angels' Revenge
7. Ask Any Girl (1959)
8. The Big Operator (1959)
aka: Anatomy of a Syndicate
9. Billie (1965)
10. Boys' Night Out (1962)
11. Bright Victory (1951)
12. C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)
13. Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
14. Crazy Mama (1975)
15. Critic's Choice (1963)
16. A Dangerous Profession (1949)
17. Deadline U.S.A. (1952)
18. Deep in My Heart (1954)
19. Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
20. Easy Living (1949)
21. Eighteen and Anxious (1957)
22. Emergency Wedding (1950)
23. Father Was a Fullback (1949)
24. Francis in the Navy (1955)
25. Friday Foster (1975)
26. The Girl He Left Behind (1956)
27. The Girl Most Likely to... (1973)
28. Good Guys Wear Black (1979)
29. The Great Lover (1949)
30. The Great Man (1956)
31. Half Angel (1951)
32. The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981)
33. Hello Down There (1969)
aka: Sub-A-Dub-Dub
34. Here Come the Nelsons (1952)
35. The High Cost of Loving (1958)
36. His Kind of Woman (1951)
37. Hollywood Story (1951)
38. The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)
39. Hurry Sundown (1967)
40. I Love Melvin (1953)
41. I Want You (1951)
42. Ice Palace (1960)
43. Iron Man (1951)
44. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
45. I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
46. John Goldfarb, Please Come Home (1965)
47. Johnny Cool (1963)
48. M (1951)
49. Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
50. Macabre (1958)
51. Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
52. The Man with a Cloak (1951)
53. Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
54. Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
55. Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest (1964)
56. Mr. Magoo: Man of Mystery (1964)
57. Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
58. My Six Loves (1963)
59. Myra Breckinridge (1970)
60. The Naked Hills (1956)
61. Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)
62. One Last Fling (1949)
63. The Opposite Sex (1956)
64. Pat and Mike (1952)
65. Pete's Dragon (1977)
66. Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)
67. Prince Jack (1985)
68. A Private's Affair (1959)
69. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
70. Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978)
71. The Rose Bowl Story (1952)
72. Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982)
73. The Square Jungle (1955)
74. Sunday in New York (1963)
75. There Goes the Bride (1980)
76. Top Secret Affair (1957)
77. The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
78. Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)
79. The Wild and the Innocent (1959)
80. The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
81. You Can't Run Away from It (1956)
82. Zotz! (1962)
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