The Trouble Buster is a lost[1] 1917 American drama silent film directed by Frank Reicher, written by Tom Forman and Gardner Hunting, and starring Vivian Martin, James Neill, Paul Willis, Charles West, Louise Harris, and Mary Mersch.

As described in a film magazine,[4] after the death of her father, Michelna (Martin) is threatened with being sent to an orphan's asylum.

One night she is lured to a flat by Tip Morgan (West), a crook.

Michelna has a statue that she has made and calls the Trouble Buster.

The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut of a scene with the crook striking a boy on the head with a bottle.