John Butler Filmes

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express.

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day...

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man and his racketeer buddies devise a scheme to bilk those already seemingly desperate for money of...

Lee Garvin has eloped with the daughter of a railroad man who didn't approve of the marriage. Hoppy steps in when the young man is framed for murder.

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