John Butler Movies

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...

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

A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted...

A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.

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

A man violates company policy by getting married.

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

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

"Iron Man" Mason is a talented but rather dimwitted prizefighter. Against the advice of his crusty old manager George Regan, Mason dumps his...

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

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 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 prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.

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...

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

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

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

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...