John Butler Movies

Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his...

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.

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.

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

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...

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