Screenplay: John K. Butler
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by John K. Butler. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Outcast
1954 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction William Witney
Cast John Derek · Joan Evans · Jim Davis · Catherine McLeod
Plot Jet Cosgrave returns home to claim the ranch that was stolen from him, after his father's death.
5.2
64 votes
5.2
64 votes
Drums Across the River
1954 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction Nathan Juran
Cast Audie Murphy · Lisa Gaye · Walter Brennan · Lyle Bettger
Plot The once booming gold town of Crown City, Colorado has fallen on hard times. The only gold left is across the river, on Ute Indian land. Crown City resident Sam...
4.9
75 votes
4.9
75 votes
Ambush at Cimarron Pass
1958 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Jodie Copelan
Cast Scott Brady · Margia Dean · Clint Eastwood · Irving Bacon
Plot The survivors of an Army patrol ambushed by Indians hook up with a group of cowboys who have also been attacked, and together they try to get to safety at...
4.6
24 votes
4.6
24 votes
The Vampire's Ghost
1945 · Movie · 59 min. · United States
Direction Lesley Selander
Cast John Abbott · Charles Gordon · Peggy Stewart · Grant Withers
Plot In a small African port, a tawdry bar is run by a old man named Webb Fallon. Fallon is actually a vampire, but he is becoming weary of his "life"...
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Down Dakota Way
1949 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction William Witney
Cast Roy Rogers · Trigger · Dale Evans · Pat Brady
Plot Rancher H. T. McKenzie is informed by veterinarian George Fredericks that his cattle are carriers of the hoof-and-mouth disease and must be destroyed. McKenzie hires Steve Paxton to kill the...
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My Pal Trigger
1946 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Frank McDonald
Cast Roy Rogers · Dale Evans · George 'Gabby' Hayes · Jack Holt
Plot Gabby refuses to breed his horse the Golden Sovereign with Roy's. When the Sovereign and Roy's horse escape, Skoville shoots the Sovereign by mistake but Roy is blamed and jailed....
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Headline Hunters
1955 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction William Witney
Cast Rod Cameron · Julie Bishop · Ben Cooper · Raymond Greenleaf
Plot City Editor Ned Powers assigns student reporter David Flynn to veteran newsman Hugh Woodruff, primarily to get on Woodruff's nerves. David has long admired Woodruff, but is saddened to see...
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When Gangland Strikes
1956 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction R.G. Springsteen
Cast Raymond Greenleaf · Marjie Millar · John Hudson · Anthony Caruso
Plot A big-time gang leader's trial is moved to a small town. The town's prosecutor discovers that the gangster knows about a secret the prosecutor has been trying to keep hidden,...
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I Cover the Underworld
1955 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction R.G. Springsteen
Cast Sean McClory · Joanne Jordan · Ray Middleton · Jaclynne Greene
Plot John O'Hara, a divinity priest student endeavors to help the police, rolling up a gang of criminals. John poses as his twin brother Gunner O'Hara a gangster, who is in...
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Terror at Midnight
1956 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction Franklin Adreon
Cast Scott Brady · Joan Vohs · Frank Faylen · John Dehner
Plot Neal Rickards (Scott Brady), a young police detective is investigating a big interstate hot-car racket. His fiancée, Susan Lang (Joan Vohs) becomes a victim of circumstances involving the owner, who...
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Annie Oakley (TV Series)
1954 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Thomas Carr · Don McDougall · George Archainbaud · Frank McDonald
Cast Gail Davis · Van Johnson · Jimmy Hawkins · Bob Woodward
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Secret Service Investigator
1948 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction R.G. Springsteen
Cast Lynne Roberts · Lloyd Bridges · George Zucco · June Storey
Plot Lloyd Bridges plays disillusioned ex-GI Steve Mallory, who falls in with a gang of wily crooks. Convincing Mallory that they're U.S. secret service agents, the villains persuade our hero to...
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Tarnished
1950 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Harry Keller
Cast Dorothy Patrick · Arthur Franz · Barbra Fuller · Jimmy Lydon
Plot Bud Dolliver, a former WWII hero, and an ex-convict, returns to his home town in an effort to make a new life for himself but, even with the help of...
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Death Valley Days (TV Series)
1952 · Series · 25 min. · United States
Direction Stuart McGowan · Harmon Jones · Jack B. Hively · Tay Garnett
Cast Stanley Andrews · Robert Taylor · Ronald Reagan · Dale Robertson
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Harbor of Missing Men
1950 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction R.G. Springsteen
Cast Richard Denning · Barbra Fuller · Steven Geray · Aline Towne
Plot A fishing-boat owner, Jim "Brooklyn" Gannon, cuts a deal with a gangster syndicate to deliver a load of contraband firearms. The money for the transaction is stolen, and Gannon is...
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Affair in Reno
1957 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction R.G. Springsteen
Cast John Lund · Doris Singleton · John Archer · Angela Greene
Plot Gloria Hall, an irresponsible heiress, is in Reno for her second divorce, and falls for Tony Lamarr, a fortune-hunting gambler and casino owner. J. B. Del Monte,her father in New...
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Charlie Chan (TV Series)
1957 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Leslie Arliss · Don Chaffey · Charles Bennett
Cast J. Carrol Naish · James Hong · Rupert Davies · Hugh Williams
Plot Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan is called in to help solve baffling cases, aided by his #1 son. The first five episodes were filmed in the US, then production switched to...
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Hell's Crossroads
1957 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Franklin Adreon
Cast Stephen McNally · Robert Vaughn · Peggie Castle · Barton MacLane
Plot An imprisoned gunfighter is offered parole on one condition--that he track down and bring in Jesse James.
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The Girl Who Dared
1944 · Movie · 56 min. · United States
Direction Howard Bretherton
Cast Lorna Gray · Peter Cookson · Grant Withers · Veda Ann Borg
Plot A young woman seeking adventure, and several other people have to outwit a mysterious killer on a remote island.
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Don't Fence Me In
1945 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction John English
Cast Roy Rogers · Trigger · George 'Gabby' Hayes · Dale Evans
Plot Wildcat Kelly has been dead and buried for years. Or has he? Dale is a reporter for an Eastern magazine who comes West to find out the true story of...
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