Cast: Jim Backus

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Jim Backus. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Deadline - U.S.A.

1952 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Richard Brooks

Cast Humphrey Bogart · Ethel Barrymore · Kim Hunter · Ed Begley

Plot Ed Hutcheson, tough editor of the New York 'Day', finds that the late owner's heirs are selling the crusading paper to a strictly commercial rival. At first he sees impending...

7.2

2K votes

7.2

2K votes

Rebel Without a Cause

1955 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Nicholas Ray

Cast James Dean · Natalie Wood · Sal Mineo · Jim Backus

Plot Jim Stark's family has just moved to the suburbs of Los Angeles. He meets Plato, and Judy, whom he likes. He somehow gets mixed up with some tough guys who...

7.0

18K votes

7.0

18K votes

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963 · Movie · 154 min. · United States

Direction Stanley Kramer

Cast Spencer Tracy · Milton Berle · Sid Caesar · Jonathan Winters

Plot After a long prison sentence Smiler Grogan is heading at high speed to a California park where he hid $350,000 from a job 15 years previously. He accidentally careers over...

6.8

5K votes

6.8

5K votes

Man of a Thousand Faces

1957 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Pevney

Cast James Cagney · Dorothy Malone · Jane Greer · Jim Backus

Plot Loose biography of actor Lon Chaney. Growing up with deaf parents, he learns what it is like to be different. As an actor, he puts that knowledge (together with lots...

6.7

378 votes

6.7

378 votes

M

1951 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

6.6

179 votes

6.6

179 votes

The Man with a Cloak

1951 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Fletcher Markle

Cast Joseph Cotten · Barbara Stanwyck · Louis Calhern · Leslie Caron

Plot In 1848, a young Frenchwoman, Madeline Minot, goes to New York City to see Thevenet, the grandfather of her fiance. Thevenet had been with Napoleon and may be sympathetic to...

6.6

74 votes

6.6

74 votes

Hurry Sundown

1967 · Movie · 146 min. · United States

Direction Otto Preminger

Cast Michael Caine · Jane Fonda · Faye Dunaway · John Phillip Law

Plot Set in the south in the days just after World War II, a black and a white farmer team up to irrigate their fields and escape the crushing poverty that...

6.5

418 votes

6.5

418 votes

Don't Bother to Knock

1952 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

6.5

945 votes

6.5

945 votes

Pat and Mike

1952 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Spencer Tracy · Katharine Hepburn · Aldo Ray · William Ching

Plot Pat Pemberton is a women's sports sensation - a champion in golf, tennis, and whatever else she decides to do. Knowing a good thing when he sees it, Mike Conovan...

6.4

1K votes

6.4

1K votes

Hollywood Story

1951 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction William Castle

Cast Richard Conte · Julie Adams · Richard Egan · Henry Hull

Plot Hollywood 1950: The successful producer Larry O'Brian arrives in Los Angeles to found a motion picture company. He buys an old studio which was unused since the days of silent...

6.4

73 votes

6.4

73 votes

The Girl Most Likely to... (TV)

1973 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Lee Philips

Cast Stockard Channing · Ed Asner · Jim Backus · Joe Flynn

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

6.3

23 votes

6.3

23 votes

Above and Beyond

1952 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Melvin Frank · Norman Panama

Cast Robert Taylor · Eleanor Parker · James Whitmore · Larry Keating

Plot "Above and Beyond" depicts the events leading up to the use of the first atomic bomb at the end of World War II. Colonel Paul Tibbetts is chosen by the...

6.1

130 votes

6.1

130 votes

Deep in My Heart

1954 · Movie · 132 min. · United States

Direction Stanley Donen

Cast José Ferrer · Merle Oberon · Helen Traubel · Doe Avedon

Plot Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.

6.0

52 votes

6.0

52 votes

Pete's Dragon

1977 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

Direction Don Chaffey

Cast Helen Reddy · Mickey Rooney · Sean Marshall · Red Buttons

Plot This heartwarming musical blends live action, animation, and music to highlight the story of Pete (Sean Marshall), a young boy who is befriended by a delightful dragon named Elliot (voiced...

6.0

4K votes

6.0

4K votes

Don't Make Waves

1967 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

5.9

428 votes

5.9

428 votes

Johnny Cool

1963 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction William Asher

Cast Henry Silva · Elizabeth Montgomery · Richard Anderson · Jim Backus

Plot Colini, an exiled American gangster living in Sicily, rescues Giordano, a young Sicilian outlaw, from the police. After Giordano is groomed, polished, and renamed "Johnny Cool," Colini sends him on...

5.9

32 votes

5.9

32 votes

A Dangerous Profession

1949 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Ted Tetzlaff

Cast George Raft · Ella Raines · Pat O'Brien · Bill Williams

Plot Ex-policeman Vince Kane is a partner with Joe Farley as bail bond brokers, but retains his ties and friendship with the police and Detective Nick Ferrone. Ferrone picks up Claude...

5.9

80 votes

5.9

80 votes

Sunday in New York

1963 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Peter Tewksbury

Cast Rod Taylor · Jane Fonda · Cliff Robertson · Robert Culp

Plot Eileen is 22 and engaged to Russ. She comes to New York to visit her brother, Adam, who is an airline pilot. One of Eileen's concerns is that she may...

5.8

145 votes

5.8

145 votes

A Private's Affair

1959 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Sal Mineo · Christine Carère · Barry Coe · Barbara Eden

Plot Luigi is an Army private with a chip on his shoulder and some personal problems. He's also a talented jazz drummer, but the Army offers few outlets for this ability.

5.8

27 votes

5.8

27 votes

Boys' Night Out

1962 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction Michael Gordon

Cast Kim Novak · James Garner · Tony Randall · Howard Duff

Plot Fred, George, Doug and Howie are quickly reaching middle-age. Three of them are married, only Fred is still a bachelor. They want something different than their ordinary marriages, children and...

5.8

199 votes

5.8

199 votes