John Butler Movies

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

A man violates company policy by getting married.

Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is...

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

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...

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

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

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

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

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

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

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

Wayward youths get out of trouble thanks to a policeman.

An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.

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

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...

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

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

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

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