Jim Backus — Actor (21)
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Hello Down There (1969) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Hello Down There
director: Jack Arnold actor: Tony Randall / Janet Leigh …
other title: A Casa Foi ao Fundo / L'incredibile casa in fondo al mare
Given the chance to live in a simulated underwater home for a month, a scientist convinces his family to take advantage of the offer. Once the family agrees to move in, underwater mayhem occurs!
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Crazy Mama (1975)
Crazy Mama
director: Jonathan Demme actor: Cloris Leachman / Stuart Whitman …
other title: Verrückte Mama / Tres mujeres peligrosas …
Melba Stokes, her mother Sheba and daughter Cheryl embark on a crime spree after their California beauty parlor is repossessed. Their destination is Arkansas, where the three generations of women want to reclaim the family farm.
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Zotz! (1962) IMDb TMDB
Zotz!
director: William Castle actor: Tom Poston / Julia Meade …
Jonathan Jones, a professor of ancient languages, comes into possession of an ancient coin. He translates its inscription, which gives him three powers: to inflict pain, slow down time or kill. Soon, he's pursued by enemy spies who have learned about the magic coin.
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The Man with a Cloak (1951) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Man with a Cloak
director: Fletcher Markle actor: Joseph Cotten / Barbara Stanwyck …
other title: La casa del corvo / Der Mann in Schwarz …
Set in 19th-century New York, this mystery begins when a Frenchwoman shows up at the home of one of Napoleon's former marshals. The alcoholic man is badly crippled and slowly dying, but this doesn't stop the forthright lady from pushing him to change his will to include his estranged grandson so that he can help out the struggling French Republic. Unfortunately, the dying man's conniving housekeeper and butler, already planning murder to get the money themselves, overhear her and begin plotting her demise.
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C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979) WikiData IMDb TMDB
C.H.O.M.P.S.
director: Don Chaffey actor: Wesley Eure / Valerie Bertinelli …
other title: Robodog / C.H.O.M.P.S. El super perro …
A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the boy's invention from him.
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
director: Bretaigne Windust actor: Van Johnson / Claude Rains …
other title: El flautista de Hamelín
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 is a bit hard on the children) and refuses to help a rival town when it's flooded. But rats (seen only as shadows), fleeing the flood, invade Hamelin in droves; a magical piper, whose music only children (and rats) can hear, strikes a bargain...which, once the rats are gone, the Mayor and council renege on, to their subsequent regret.
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The Square Jungle (1955) IMDb TMDB
The Square Jungle
director: Jerry Hopper actor: Tony Curtis / Pat Crowley …
other title: La giungla del quadrato / Brutos em Fúria …
Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing.
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Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
director: Robert Butler actor: Kurt Russell / Cesar Romero …
other title: Spruzza, sparisci e spara / Den usynlige bande …
Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of rendering objects and people invisible. Before Dexter and his friends, Debbie and Richard Schuyler, can even enjoy their spectacular discovery, corrupt businessman A.J. Arno plots to get his greedy hands on it. Slapstick hijinks ensue as Dexter and his pals try to thwart the evil Arno before he can use the invisibility spray to rob a bank.
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I Love Melvin (1953) WikiData IMDb TMDB
I Love Melvin
director: Don Weis actor: Donald O'Connor / Debbie Reynolds …
other title: Fotograf aus Liebe / La novia modelo …
Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress named Judy LeRoy in the park. They start to talk, and Melvin soon offers to do a photo spread of her. His boss, however, has no intention of using the photos. Melvin wants to marry Judy, but her father would rather she marry dull and dependable Harry Black. As a last resort, Melvin promises to get Judy's photo on the cover of the next issue of Look, a task easier said than done.
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His Kind of Woman (1951) WikiData IMDb TMDB
His Kind of Woman
director: John Farrow actor: Robert Mitchum / Jane Russell …
other title: Il suo tipo di donna / Ein Satansweib …
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.
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Pete's Dragon (1977)
Pete's Dragon
director: Don Chaffey actor: Sean Marshall / Helen Reddy …
other title: Elliott, il drago invisibile / Peter og dragen …
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. Then, when crooked salesmen try to capture Elliott for their own gain, Pete must attempt a daring rescue.
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Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
director: Hy Averback actor: Doris Day / Terry-Thomas …
other title: Che cosa hai fatto quando siamo rimasti al buio? / Als das Licht ausging... …
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.