John Butler Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Frank works undercover, posing as a criminal...

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

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

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

Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

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...

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

A man violates company policy by getting married.

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 mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.

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

A comedy short staring Robert Benchley. He tries to show us how to make our own movies.

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