John Butler Movies

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

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

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...

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...

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

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.

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....

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.

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

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...

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

Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.

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

An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.

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

A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his...

Wayward youths get out of trouble thanks to a policeman.

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