John Butler Movies

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

Benchley shows how to budget one's time during lunch hour to get things done efficiently. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned.

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

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

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

A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.

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

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

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...

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

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...

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.

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

The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks about the general want for money, and the...

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

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

During a heated argument with her sister Joan, Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted. With the reluctant support of her adoptive...