John Butler Movies

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

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

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

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

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

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

A former prizefighter tries to help his son pay off his gambling debts.

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

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

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

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

A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of...

Wayward youths get out of trouble thanks to a policeman.

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

Upon being released from prison, Lawrence Hilliard takes the name of John Smith and looks for work, and falls in love with Irene Mason, a social...

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

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...

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...