John Butler Movies

Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is...

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

His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly affects an intractable Irish policeman (Pat...

A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.

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

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

Arizona Territory is in the grip of outlaw terror and killer outlaws, secretly organized by Hulon Champion, who covers his power ambitions with the...

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

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...

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

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.

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

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

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...

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short takes a look at the origins of North American slang.

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.

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

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...

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...