John Butler Movies

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

Young intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns out that Jeff's passenger is an inventor has just...

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short takes a look at the origins of North American slang.

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

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.

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....

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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