John K. Butler Movies
A fixture of Republic Studios from 1943 onward, screenwriter John K. Butler was a specialist in westerns. Butler turned out screenplay after screenplay for such favorites as Roy Rogers and John Wayne. His few non-western projects for Republic included the slick horror film The Vampire's Ghost (1946) and the timely drama GI War Brides (1946). His last screen credit was 20th... (read more) Century-Fox' Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958). John K. Butler's son Rod has carried on the family business as a writer/producer of religious radio programs. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Ambush at Cimarron Pass
1958
Despite the glut of TV westerns in 1958, 20th Century-Fox's Regal Films subsidiary continued grinding out profitable sagebrushers. In Ambush at Cimarron Pass, cavalry...
Affair in Reno
1957
Affair in Reno is an uneven Republic adventure from the later phases of the studio's history. Doris Singleton, usually cast as the heroine's next door neighbor or best...
Hell's Crossroads
1957
This wide-screen Republic western is yet another retelling of the James Brothers saga--albeit one with a few unexpected twists. This time, Jesse (Henry Brandon) and Frank (Douglas...
When Gangland Strikes
1956
In this crime drama, mobsters swear to get revenge upon a zealous public prosecutor as he tries to get them put into prison. The desperate mobsters try to stop him by using his...
Terror at Midnight
1956
This modest Republic suspenser stars Joan Vohs as a gorgeous victim of circumstance. Led to believe that she's killed a man in a car accident, Joan gets in deeper and deeper while...
I Cover the Underworld
1955
In this drama, a divinity student endeavors to help the police break up the rackets by impersonating his jailed brother, a gangster. In his disguise, he gets into his brother's...
No Man's Woman
1955
Carolyn Grant (Marie Windsor), a Monterey gallery owner, is playing the field and seems to have one too many men on her string, including her wealthy estranged husband, the...
Headline Hunters
1955
In this drama, the eagerness of a rookie reporter gets him into deep trouble after he finds himself entangled with big city racketeers. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
The Outcast
1954
Jet Cosgrave (John Derek) is The Outcast in this big-budget Republic western. Thanks to the chicanery of his crooked uncle Major Cosgrave (Jim Davis), Jet has been cheated out...
Drums Across the River
1954
Audie Murphy is at his taciturn best in the Universal western Drums Along the River. Murphy is cast as Gary Brannon, a peaceful homesteader living a quiet existence with his...
The Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
In his second and last Western for Republic Pictures, former bandleader Vaughn Monroe plays a marshal returning to Tombstone with a wanted gun-runner (Victor Jory)...
Utah Wagon Train
1951
"Arizona Cowboy" Rex Allen and his faithful horse Koko head the cast of Republic's Utah Wagon Train. Allen plays a modern-day cowpoke who agrees to shepherd a group of...
Secrets of Monte Carlo
1951
Republic's Secrets of Monte Carlo stars Warren Douglas as vacationing American businessman Bill Whitfield. In a twinkling, Whitfield finds himself in the middle of a search...
Rodeo King and the Senorita
1951
The Rodeo King and the Senorita stars Rex Allen (playing himself); it shouldn't be necessary to indicate which of the title roles he plays. In this Republic sagebrusher,...
Pride of Maryland
1951
Stanley Clements stars in Republic's Pride of Maryland as an ambitious jockey named Frankie (an inside joke: most movie jockeys were played by Frankie Darro -- who...
Missing Women
1951
The title Missing Women refers to only one woman, who is perfectly visible throughout most of the proceedings. Penny Edwards is cast as young bride Claudia Rankin, who hopes...
Harbor of Missing Men
1950
Republic's Harbor of Missing Men stars Richard Denning as a two-fisted smuggler named Brooklyn. Double-crossed by his partners, Brooklyn is forced to go on the lam lest he...
The Blonde Bandit
1950
Dorothy Patrick is The Blonde Bandit in this Republic time-filler. The script establishes a degree of sympathy for Gloria Dell (Patrick) by depicting her as more...
Tarnished
1950
Dorothy Patrick, Republic Pictures' all-purpose leading lady, heads the cast of Tarnished. Arthur Franz co-stars as Bud Dolliver, who returns to his hometown after a...
Streets of San Francisco
1949
No relation to the 1970s TV series of the same name, Republic's Streets of San Francisco stars Hollywood veterans Robert Armstrong and Mae Clarke. Armstrong plays...