Jim Backus Movies

  • 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...

    Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
  • 1959
    The Wild and the Innocent

    The Wild and the Innocent

    The Wild and the Innocent

    6.31959HD

    In Wyoming, mountain trapper Yancey goes to the nearest town to trade his pelts but gets into trouble when he tries to save runaway dance-hall girl...

    The Wild and the Innocent
  • 1967
    Hurry Sundown

    Hurry Sundown

    Hurry Sundown

    6.41967HD

    A ruthless Southern opportunist tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.

    Hurry Sundown
  • 1982
    Slapstick of Another Kind

    Slapstick of Another Kind

    Slapstick of Another Kind

    2.6751982HD

    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
  • 1949
    Father Was a Fullback

    Father Was a Fullback

    Father Was a Fullback

    61949HD

    Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-and-stuffy but influential alumni Roger Jessup,...

    Father Was a Fullback
  • 1951
    Iron Man

    Iron Man

    Iron Man

    6.11951HD

    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
  • 1955
    Francis in the Navy

    Francis in the Navy

    Francis in the Navy

    5.51955HD

    In the U. S. Army intelligence office, bumbling lieutenant Peter Stirling receives a coded message from his friend, Francis, a talking mule. The note...

    Francis in the Navy
  • 2012
    Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

    Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

    Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

    6.82012HD

    Tony Curtis, the man who influenced Elvis Presley and James Dean. A sex symbol, a matinee idol, a powerful and magnetic actor, Tony Curtis was the...

    Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
  • 1963
    Sunday in New York

    Sunday in New York

    Sunday in New York

    6.61963HD

    An innocent upstarter visits her airline pilot brother and meets a stranger she tries to seduce.

    Sunday in New York
  • 1951
    Plutopia

    Plutopia

    Plutopia

    5.61951HD

    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:...

    Plutopia
  • 1980
    The Gossip Columnist

    The Gossip Columnist

    The Gossip Columnist

    7.51980HD

    New Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O'Hanlon dig up dirt on amoral characters.

    The Gossip Columnist
  • 1951
    I'll See You in My Dreams

    I'll See You in My Dreams

    I'll See You in My Dreams

    4.71951HD

    Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.

    I'll See You in My Dreams
  • 1949
    A Dangerous Profession

    A Dangerous Profession

    A Dangerous Profession

    5.61949HD

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

    A Dangerous Profession
  • 1952
    Androcles and the Lion

    Androcles and the Lion

    Androcles and the Lion

    5.81952HD

    George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a...

    Androcles and the Lion
  • 1972
    Getting Away from It All

    Getting Away from It All

    Getting Away from It All

    01972HD

    Two city couples decide to leave the hectic urban life and retreat to the country, but find that rural living isn't quite what they thought it would...

    Getting Away from It All
  • 1956
    You Can't Run Away from It

    You Can't Run Away from It

    You Can't Run Away from It

    4.71956HD

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

    You Can't Run Away from It
  • 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...

    Ice Palace
  • 1949
    The Great Lover

    The Great Lover

    The Great Lover

    6.81949HD

    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...

    The Great Lover
  • 1959
    Ask Any Girl

    Ask Any Girl

    Ask Any Girl

    6.21959HD

    Meg is a young wide-eyed girl who is endures many calamities in her search for a husband in modern-day New York. After losing her suitcase at Penn...

    Ask Any Girl
  • 1950
    The Killer That Stalked New York

    The Killer That Stalked New York

    The Killer That Stalked New York

    6.0861950HD

    In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the...

    The Killer That Stalked New York