John Butler Movies

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

When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates...

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

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...

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

"Iron Man" Mason is a talented but rather dimwitted prizefighter. Against the advice of his crusty old manager George Regan, Mason dumps his...

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

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...

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...

An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.

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

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