John Butler Movies

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

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

A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express.

A man violates company policy by getting married.

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

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

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

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...

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....

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

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...

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...

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

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.

Wayward youths get out of trouble thanks to a policeman.

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

In this comedic short, a psychoanalyst encounters a patient who eerily resembles himself.

Humorist Robert Benchley illustrates the fine points of attending an American football game.

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 singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.