John Butler Movies

Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.

An attorney handling a murder case is unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.

Officer James O'Malley, a true believer in law and order, treats even the smallest offenses with the utmost seriousness. But O'Malley brings bad...

Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

One of Hoppy's Bar 20 ranch hands is tricked into participating in nefarious activities after being subjected to hypnosis.

A young man is determined to turn his beloved racehorse, which is blind, into a champion.

A newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant Mexican fruit pickers.

A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of...

A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big production coincides with that of a major charity event. He...

A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.

Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for...

A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.

A man violates company policy by getting married.

A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.

Humorist Robert Benchley illustrates the fine points of attending an American football game.

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man and his racketeer buddies devise a scheme to bilk those already seemingly desperate for money of...

An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.

Boyhood friends grow up into different professions: one a dedicated Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious gambler.

As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom. Lloyd Nolan is top-billed as a cynical reporter...