Jim Backus Movies

  • 1954
    Destination Magoo

    Destination Magoo

    Destination Magoo

    8.51954HD

    The title of this short is a play on the title of the feature film Destination Moon (which itself has an animated sequence made by Walter Lantz and...

    Destination Magoo
  • 1958
    Gumshoe Magoo

    Gumshoe Magoo

    Gumshoe Magoo

    81958HD

    Magoo obliviously foils a criminal’s robbery plans.

    Gumshoe Magoo
  • 1956
    The Girl He Left Behind

    The Girl He Left Behind

    The Girl He Left Behind

    4.51956HD

    A young man is drafted and goes through the rigors of basic training, ultimately discovering the experience is also character-building. Director...

    The Girl He Left Behind
  • 1955
    The Square Jungle

    The Square Jungle

    The Square Jungle

    6.11955HD

    Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing.

    The Square Jungle
  • 1959
    1001 Arabian Nights

    1001 Arabian Nights

    1001 Arabian Nights

    6.61959HD

    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...

    1001 Arabian Nights
  • 1970
    Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA

    Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA

    Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA

    01970HD

    A deep dive into the origin and legacy of United Productions of America, the innovative and iconoclastic studio that produced characters including...

    Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA
  • 1957
    The Pied Piper of Hamelin

    The Pied Piper of Hamelin

    The Pied Piper of Hamelin

    5.71957HD

    The singing, rhyming citizens of Hamelin hope to win a competition with rival towns for royal recognition. To this end, the mayor outlaws play (which...

    The Pied Piper of Hamelin
  • 1971
    Mooch Goes to Hollywood

    Mooch Goes to Hollywood

    Mooch Goes to Hollywood

    4.81971HD

    A dog tries to become a canine star with the help of Zsa Zsa Gabor.

    Mooch Goes to Hollywood
  • 1975
    Friday Foster

    Friday Foster

    Friday Foster

    6.11975HD

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

    Friday Foster
  • 1969
    Wake Me When the War Is Over

    Wake Me When the War Is Over

    Wake Me When the War Is Over

    5.21969HD

    During the latter days of WWII an American Lieutenant accidentally falls out of an airplane into German territory. He is taken in by a Baroness who...

    Wake Me When the War Is Over
  • 1963
    Operation Bikini

    Operation Bikini

    Operation Bikini

    3.81963HD

    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...

    Operation Bikini
  • 1981
    The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

    The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

    The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

    5.21981HD

    The Harlem Globetrotters' chartered plane crash lands on the atoll inhabited by the happily marooned Gilligan and fellow castaways, and they all must...

    The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
  • 1958
    Magoo’s Three-Point Landing

    Magoo’s Three-Point Landing

    Magoo’s Three-Point Landing

    81958HD

    Magoo’s car breaks down on an airport runway.

    Magoo’s Three-Point Landing
  • 1959
    Bwana Magoo

    Bwana Magoo

    Bwana Magoo

    91959HD

    Magoo and Waldo are on safari in Africa.

    Bwana Magoo
  • 1957
    Magoo Saves the Bank

    Magoo Saves the Bank

    Magoo Saves the Bank

    71957HD

    The near-sighted Mr. Magoo, on his way to make a bank deposit, boards a race-track bound bus instead. Mistaking the betting windows for...

    Magoo Saves the Bank
  • 1950
    Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

    Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

    Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

    6.51950HD

    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
  • 1956
    The Great Man

    The Great Man

    The Great Man

    51956HD

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

    The Great Man
  • 1956
    The Naked Hills

    The Naked Hills

    The Naked Hills

    4.61956HD

    Tracy Powell, an Indiana farmer, gets the gold fever and heads for Stockton, California in 1849. There, he abandons his first partner, Bert Killian,...

    The Naked Hills
  • 1979
    The Castaways on Gilligan's Island

    The Castaways on Gilligan's Island

    The Castaways on Gilligan's Island

    6.51979HD

    In the second of three additional Gilligan's Island movies following the series, the gang finds a way of getting rescued from the "uncharted desert...

    The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
  • 1956
    Magoo's Problem Child

    Magoo's Problem Child

    Magoo's Problem Child

    101956HD

    The near-sighted Mr. Magoo returns from a trip and mistakes a ramshackle shack, near his home, for his palatial home. There, he finds evidence of all...

    Magoo's Problem Child