John Butler Movies

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

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

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

Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.

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...

Upon being released from prison, Lawrence Hilliard takes the name of John Smith and looks for work, and falls in love with Irene Mason, a social...

A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.

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 former prizefighter tries to help his son pay off his gambling debts.

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.

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

Young intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns out that Jeff's passenger is an inventor has just...

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

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

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

The City Treasurer stands in for the mayor, throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day.

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...

Benchley shows how to budget one's time during lunch hour to get things done efficiently. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned.

After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.