Calling Doctor Magoo

Calling Doctor Magoo (1956) blends Family and Animation elements. Top cast includes Jim Backus and Jerry Hausner. The plot follows a central conflict that grows in scope as the film progresses.

Actor: Jim Backus

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. But he makes a wrong turn and ends up on a docked-ship visiting a stranger wearing a turban, thanking he is Rodney, and gives him some of the elixir. He returns home and gets a telephone call from Rodney who is waiting for his visit. He thinks Rodney is delirious and ventures forth for another visit carrying a giant-size bottle of his elixir.