Jim Backus Movie Trailers
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Rendezvous in Space Trailer (1964)
10 September 1964
This documentary, the final film directed by Frank Capra, explores America's plans for the future of space exploration.
Merry Minstrel Magoo Trailer (1959)
09 April 1959
Magoo thinks he’s entering a talent show but ends up at a dentist.
Magoo Express Trailer (1955)
19 May 1955
Foreign-flavored intrigue abounds when Mr. Magoo is mistaken for a fellow spy aboard a European train.
Uncle Sam Magoo Trailer (1970)
15 February 1970
Join Mr. Magoo as Uncle Sam, on an all-American animated adventure through our nation's history. Pull up a chair at the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving, march in line with Davy Crockett and dig for gold in California.
Never Con a Killer Trailer (1977)
13 May 1977
Pilot to the short-lived TV series "The Feather and Father Gang" has Detective Feather Danton and her con-man father Harry teaming up to outwit Runyonesque horseplayer E.
Magoo Makes News Trailer (1955)
15 November 1955
Mr. Magoo misreads a newspaper flyer thinking it is a letter from his power company saying they are shutting off his power.
Fuddy Duddy Buddy Trailer (1951)
17 October 1951
Mr. Magoo has mistaken a walrus for a human friend and various sight gags are shown in typical Magoo fashion.
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island Trailer (1981)
15 May 1981
The Harlem Globetrotters' chartered plane crash lands on the atoll inhabited by the happily marooned Gilligan and fellow castaways, and they all must play basketball against a specially programmed squad of robots controlled by a mad scientist.
A Princess for Magoo Trailer (1959)
01 January 1959
Jim Backus (the voice of Mister Magoo) narrates a look behind the scenes at UPA Pictures during the development of the feature-length animated film "1001 Arabian Nights".
The Killer That Stalked New York Trailer (1950)
06 October 1950
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 police are hot on the couple's trail.
Calling Doctor Magoo Trailer (1956)
24 May 1956
When Rodney, a friend of the nearsighted Mr. Magoo, goes to the hospital, Mr. Magoo decides to visit him and to take along some of his cure-all, homemade elixir.
Madcap Magoo Trailer (1955)
23 June 1955
Expecting a visit from his practical joker friend Smiley, Mr. Magoo instead entertains an escaped mental patient.
The Big Operator Trailer (1959)
01 August 1959
A power-mad union boss resorts to murder to eliminate witnesses scheduled to testify against him.
Trailblazer Magoo Trailer (1956)
13 September 1956
The near-sighted one decides to take a hunting-and-fishing trip, and hires a Native American guide. He quickly grows impatient with the guide and takes over leading the way.
Magoo's Puddle Jumper Trailer (1956)
26 July 1956
At a used car lot, Mr. Magoo is intent on buying a car for his nephew Waldo. He is slick talked into buying an old clunker thanks to a shifty salesman but he drives it off anyway.
When Magoo Flew Trailer (1954)
06 January 1954
Mr. Magoo sets off to go to the movies but goes to an airport by mistake and gets on a plane thinking it to be a theater.
Magoo's Young Manhood Trailer (1958)
13 March 1958
In a flashback Mr. Magoo thinks back in time to the Gay 90's when he was a young man, and just as myopic then as in the 1950s.
Magoo's Canine Mutiny Trailer (1956)
08 March 1956
The nearsighted Mr. McGoo goes shopping for a dog as a pet, and enters the pet store just as it is being robbed by a crook wearing a fur coat.
Meet Mother Magoo Trailer (1956)
27 December 1956
Mr. Magoo brings in his mail opening up a flyer for a store's "83rd Anniversary Sale". Magoo thinks that the flyer is a letter from his mother about her "83rd birthday" and begins to worry that maybe he hasn't spent enough time with his mother lately.
Rock Hound Magoo Trailer (1957)
24 October 1957
The near-sighted Mr. Magoo somehow or another is a nugget-happy prospector out west. In addition to mistaking a gold rock for a rain cloud, he meets an old prospector and accuses him of claim-jumping.
Magoo Breaks Par Trailer (1957)
27 June 1957
The nearsighted Mr. Magoo sets out for a round of golf but catches the prison paddy wagon instead of the city bus and winds up in prison breaking rocks.
Magoo’s Homecoming Trailer (1959)
05 March 1959
Magoo ends up at the zoo instead of his college homecoming.
Magoo Beats the Heat Trailer (1956)
21 June 1956
Mr. Magoo, intent on going to the beach, winds up in the desert instead. Thinking himself to be at the beach, he tries fishing (he hooks a turtle which he mistakes for a crab) and swimming.
Magoo’s Three-Point Landing Trailer (1958)
05 June 1958
Magoo’s car breaks down on an airport runway.
Tom, Dick and Harriet Trailer (1960)
01 January 1960
Long distance telephone calls save the day when Aunt Emily tries to sell the farm, and when Harriet tries to decide whose proposal to accept, Tom's or Dick's.
Magoo Meets Frankenstein Trailer (1961)
20 March 1961
Mr Magoo goes to what he thinks is a hotel but it’s actually a mad scientist’s castle and he’s after a brain.
Matador Magoo Trailer (1957)
30 May 1957
The near-sighted Mr. Magoo, further lost than usual, mistakes a bullring in Mexico for a highway in the United States, and his myopic wanderings through the arena cause much havoc, and draws very few cheers, especially from the bull.
Magoo Saves the Bank Trailer (1957)
26 September 1957
The near-sighted Mr. Magoo, on his way to make a bank deposit, boards a race-track bound bus instead.
Pete Hothead Trailer (1952)
24 September 1952
This UPA cartoon introduces a new character, Pete Hothead, a feisty little man with a violent temper.
Magoo Goes Overboard Trailer (1957)
21 February 1957
Mr. Magoo and Waldo are on a cruise aboard an ocean liner when the near-sighted MaGoo accidentally falls into the ship's swimming pool and thinks he has fallen overboard.
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) Trailer (1959)
27 December 1959
Mr. Magoo agrees to babysit Gerald McBoing Boing.
Terror Faces Magoo Trailer (1959)
09 July 1959
Mr. Magoo is watching a TV program named "Home Roam" which examines the homes of various families and subsequently learns that he and Waldo have been scheduled to air on tonight's broadcast.
I Was a Teenage Magoo Trailer (1960)
01 January 1960
Told in flashback, the plot has teenage (but still nearsighted) red-headed Magoo picks up his date "Melba" (a kangaroo) from her home (in a circus) and go on a picnic.
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy Trailer (1950)
01 January 1950
In his first appearance on network television, Edgar Bergen hosts a Thanksgiving Day special featuring three of his partners in ventriloquism - Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd and the lesser known Podine Puffington (a life-size doll that Bergen would use as a comedy dancing partner).
Goodnight Jackie Trailer (1974)
27 February 1974
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!
Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest Trailer (1964)
01 January 1964
Join medieval Mr. Magoo, as Friar Tuck, along with Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men on an exciting (mis)adventure in Sherwood Forest!