Jim Backus

Jim Backus Trailers

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Jim Backus (1913–1989) was a radio, television, film, and voice actor. Among his most famous credits are The Alan Young Radio Show, I Married Joan, Gilligan's Island, and Rebel Without a Cause. He also starred on his own show The Jim Backus Show.

Most Popular Jim Backus Trailers

Total trailers found: 162

Magoo Goes West Trailer (1956)

18 April 1956

Mr. Magoo is depressed over the constant rainy weather. Well, actually, it isn't raining; he's just left the sprinkler running.

Rebel Without a Cause Trailer (1955)

27 October 1955

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.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Trailer (1963)

07 November 1963

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California.

Billie Trailer (1965)

13 December 1965

A 16-year-old tomboy and high school athlete becomes embroiled with the lives around her boyfriend whose conservative father is running for mayor.

Bright Victory Trailer (1951)

01 August 1951

A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.

Prince Jack Trailer (1985)

01 December 1985

A dramatic look at the inner workings of the Kennedy administration.

Hollywood's Hidden Secrets Trailer (1987)

01 January 1987

Documentary on the various mysteries in Hollywood.

Magic Carpet Trailer (1972)

06 November 1972

A young student living in Rome gets a job as a tour guide and falls in love with a young stowaway who is being sought by the police.

The Rose Bowl Story Trailer (1952)

24 August 1952

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.

Pete's Dragon Trailer (1977)

03 November 1977

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 lighthouse keeper, Nora, and her father, Elliott's prank playing lands them in big trouble.

Emergency Wedding Trailer (1950)

15 November 1950

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.

Johnny Cool Trailer (1963)

02 October 1963

A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.

The Great Lover Trailer (1949)

23 November 1949

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 ocean liner that also carries inept scoutmaster Freddie Hunter and his troop of boys.

There Goes The Bride Trailer (1980)

07 July 1980

A nervous ad executive creates havoc on his daughter's wedding day and becomes obsessed with a dream girl he keeps seeing everywhere but whom he can't catch.

His Kind of Woman Trailer (1951)

15 August 1951

Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself entangled with fellow guests at a luxurious resort and suspecting that the man who hired him may be the deported crime boss Nick Ferraro aiming to re-enter to the USA.

Of Thee I Sing Trailer (1972)

24 October 1972

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

The Wheeler Dealers Trailer (1963)

14 November 1963

Henry J. Tyroon 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.

Don't Bother to Knock Trailer (1952)

18 July 1952

An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

Half Angel Trailer (1951)

05 May 1951

Nurse Nora Gilpin plans are to marry building contractor Tim McCarey and settle down. But one night a sleepwalking Nora slips into a provocative dress and goes to the home of startled lawyer John Raymond, for whom she doesn't care much during the day.

Geraldine Trailer (1953)

16 December 1953

Music manager Janey Edwards poses as a co-ed to get the rights to a song from one of the professors.

Easy Living Trailer (1949)

08 October 1949

A football halfback has a heart condition, a nagging wife and a team secretary who loves him.

I Want You Trailer (1951)

22 December 1951

The scene is a small town in the Eastern United States, where the outbreak of hostilities in Korea has a profound effect on several people.

Bungled Bungalow Trailer (1951)

15 January 1951

Mr. Magoo's house is towed-away by thieves.

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Trailer (1962)

07 August 1962

The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized.

Macabre Trailer (1958)

01 October 1958

After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's young daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, leaving him with mere hours to find and rescue her.

Here Come the Nelsons Trailer (1952)

23 February 1952

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

Myra Breckinridge Trailer (1970)

24 June 1970

Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra.

Iron Man Trailer (1951)

20 September 1951

An ambitious coal miner is talked into becoming a boxer by his gambler brother.

Cop on the Beat Trailer (1975)

06 May 1975

An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in this pilot (a spin-off from "Police Story") for the 1975-76 series.

One Last Fling Trailer (1949)

30 June 1949

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

Destination Magoo Trailer (1954)

16 December 1954

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 starring Woody Woodpecker) and once again Magoo and his myopia take an adventure, hand in hand, off to the "Moon".

Getting Away from It All Trailer (1972)

18 January 1972

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 be.

Magoo's Private War Trailer (1957)

19 December 1957

The near-sighted Mr. McGoo takes his duties as an Air Raid Warden, in the civil-defense, cold-war/iron curtain days of the 1950s, seriously.

Critic's Choice Trailer (1963)

24 February 1963

Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good.

Trouble Indemnity Trailer (1950)

14 September 1950

An insurance salesman enters Magoo's house hoping to make a sale. Magoo refuses but the salesman is eventually able to sell Magoo some by posing as one of Magoo's old college chums.

Friday Foster Trailer (1975)

25 December 1975

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

A-Lad-in His Lamp Trailer (1948)

22 October 1948

Bugs Bunny finds and rubs Aladdin's lamp and decides to follow the genie to Baghdad, where they battle Mad Man Hassan.

Don't Make Waves Trailer (1967)

20 June 1967

Carlo Cofield vacations to Southern California, where he quickly becomes immersed in the easy-going local culture, getting entangled in two beachside romances.

Pat and Mike Trailer (1952)

13 June 1952

Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets flustered by his presence at the final holes.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin Trailer (1957)

26 November 1957

The singing, rhyming citizens of Hamelin hope to win a competition with rival towns for royal recognition.

Damn Yankees Trailer (1967)

08 April 1967

Joe Boyd, an aging Washington Senators fan, would sell his soul for the Senators to beat the New York Yankees and win the pennant.

Hello Down There Trailer (1969)

25 June 1969

Given the chance to live in a simulated underwater home for a month, a scientist convinces his family to take advantage of the offer.

Crazy Mama Trailer (1975)

01 June 1975

Melba Stokes, her mother Sheba and daughter Cheryl embark on a crime spree after their California beauty parlor is repossessed.

The Naked Hills Trailer (1956)

17 June 1956

Tracy Powell, an Indiana farmer, gets the gold fever and heads for Stockton, California in 1849. There, he abandons his first partner, Bert Killian, and teams up with Sam Wilkins, a claim jumper employed by Willis Haver.

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town Trailer (1950)

01 April 1950

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 already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.

Spellbound Hound Trailer (1950)

16 March 1950

Mr. Magoo invites a friend to his lakeside cabin, unaware that a bloodhound has pursued an escaped convict to that isolated location.

M Trailer (1951)

01 March 1951

Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.

Hotsy Footsy Trailer (1952)

22 October 1952

Magoo's at a Rutgers alumni dance and winds up squaring off with a pro wrestler at the arena across the alley, thinking he's dancing with the wife of an old friend.

Advance to the Rear Trailer (1964)

10 June 1964

As punishment for their incompetence in battle, disgraced Union soldier Capt. Jared Heath and his apathetic commanding officer, Col.

Ragtime Bear Trailer (1949)

29 September 1949

At the Hodge Podge Lodge, a crotchety, near-sighted Mister Magoo takes a banjo-playing bear to be his nephew, Waldo.

Now You See Him, Now You Don't Trailer (1972)

12 July 1972

Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of rendering objects and people invisible.

Have I Got a Christmas for You Trailer (1977)

16 December 1977

Members of a town's Jewish community decide to substitute for their Christian friends and neighbors so they can enjoy Christmas.

Good Guys Wear Black Trailer (1978)

01 June 1978

The former leader of a commando rescue attempt into Vietnam tries to discover why his squad members are being murdered, one-by-one, after the war is over.

Hurry Sundown Trailer (1967)

09 February 1967

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

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? Trailer (1968)

19 June 1968

When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo Zane, a New York executive in the process of stealing a fortune from his company, and two people whose paths he's destined to cross, Broadway actress Margaret Garrison and her husband, Peter.

The Opposite Sex Trailer (1956)

15 November 1956

Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal.

Rescue from Gilligan's Island Trailer (1978)

14 October 1978

When a decaying Russian satellite crashes on the island, the Professor uses a key component for a barometer.

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County Trailer (1970)

01 April 1970

A simple-minded blacksmith named Charley, well loved by the townsfolk, saves for a year to send off for a mail-order bride.

Magoo's Lodge Brother Trailer (1959)

07 May 1959

Near-sighted Mr. Magoo is on his way to his lodger-convention and latches onto a robber, whom he thinks is his room-mate.

The Girl Most Likely To... Trailer (1973)

06 November 1973

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