John Butler Movies

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

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.

A gunfighter takes part in a scheme to bilk a wealthy cattle family out of half a million dollars by pretending to be their son, who was kidnapped as...

An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.

A lawyer uncovers secrets behind a 12-year-old murder case.

In this comedic short, a psychoanalyst encounters a patient who eerily resembles himself.

An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.

A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.

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...

Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day...

A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family....

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short shows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can...

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

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.

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her...

When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates...

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...

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