J.P. McGowan Movies

  • 1911
    The Fishermaid of Ballydavid

    The Fishermaid of Ballydavid

    The Fishermaid of Ballydavid

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    Kathleen, the daughter of a fisherman meets Henry, the son of a Wall Street Broker, her father forbids their relationship, Kathleen defies her...

    The Fishermaid of Ballydavid
  • 1915
    The Fate of Number One

    The Fate of Number One

    The Fate of Number One

    01915HD

    Their demand for money having gone unheeded, Garibaldi and his gang wreck Number One. Howard, who attempts to interfere, is battered into...

    The Fate of Number One
  • 1932
    Flaming Gold

    Flaming Gold

    Flaming Gold

    6.21932HD

    Two friends working a jungle oil field clash when one marries a lady of the evening.

    Flaming Gold
  • 1935
    Whispering Smith Speaks

    Whispering Smith Speaks

    Whispering Smith Speaks

    101935HD

    O'Brien is "Whispering" Smith, so named because he speaks softly but knows how to fend for himself. The son of a railroad president, Smith is...

    Whispering Smith Speaks
  • 1928
    The Chinatown Mystery

    The Chinatown Mystery

    The Chinatown Mystery

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    Restored by the George Eastman House in 2001, this 1928 serial was considered a “last hurrah” for the silent-era serial, and brought...

    The Chinatown Mystery
  • 1930
    Beyond the Law

    Beyond the Law

    Beyond the Law

    101930HD

    A saloon on the border between California and Nevada becomes the hideout for "Texas" Jack Slade's gang of rustlers. When the crooks start harassing...

    Beyond the Law
  • 1914
    The Plot at the Railroad Cut

    The Plot at the Railroad Cut

    The Plot at the Railroad Cut

    01914HD

    In the second entry of the popular Hazards of Helen series, Helen, is temporarily assigned as a telegraph operator at Quarry Depot; bad blood springs...

    The Plot at the Railroad Cut
  • 1930
    O'Malley Rides Alone

    O'Malley Rides Alone

    O'Malley Rides Alone

    101930HD

    Mounties O'Malley and Calhoun are sent to see why miners are not returning with their gold. Arriving, they recover the gold from a robbery attempt.

    O'Malley Rides Alone
  • 1911
    Railroad Raiders of '62

    Railroad Raiders of '62

    Railroad Raiders of '62

    51911HD

    Union raiders infiltrate Confederate territory by train. Early film version of the Civil War incident on which Buster Keaton's The General and...

    Railroad Raiders of '62
  • 1929
    Riders of the Rio Grande

    Riders of the Rio Grande

    Riders of the Rio Grande

    81929HD

    Jack is a cowboy posing as an outlaw in order to infiltrate the gang of counterfeiters who has kidnapped Barbara.

    Riders of the Rio Grande
  • 1937
    Prairie Thunder

    Prairie Thunder

    Prairie Thunder

    4.21937HD

    To increase profits for his shipping company, Lynch has goaded the Indians to attack both the telegraph line and the new railroad. When Lynch sells...

    Prairie Thunder
  • 1929
    Below the Deadline

    Below the Deadline

    Below the Deadline

    41929HD

    Beau Nash is a "gentleman crook" who headquarters his gang of jewel thieves in a run-down boardinghouse. When one of his gang, Mike, gets arrested,...

    Below the Deadline
  • 1933
    Somewhere in Sonora

    Somewhere in Sonora

    Somewhere in Sonora

    5.11933HD

    John Bishop discovers a plot to rob a silver mine belonging to his girlfriend Mary's father and, to foil the evildoers, he joins them.

    Somewhere in Sonora
  • 1915
    Blackbirds

    Blackbirds

    Blackbirds

    01915HD

    Leonie Sobatsky (Laura Hope Crews) belongs to a ring of international thieves, headed by Bechel (George Gebhardt). She meets English crook Nevil...

    Blackbirds
  • 1916
    The Manager of the B & A

    The Manager of the B & A

    The Manager of the B & A

    01916HD

    Dan Oakley becomes a railroad manager and his attempt to slash expenses by layoffs and lengthening hours incurs the workers' wrath. With the help of...

    The Manager of the B & A
  • 1914
    The Girl at the Throttle

    The Girl at the Throttle

    The Girl at the Throttle

    01914HD

    Helen, the telegrapher at Downing Junction, receives word that an engineer has been accidentally shot by a partridge hunter, and the runaway train...

    The Girl at the Throttle
  • 1927
    The Royal American

    The Royal American

    The Royal American

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    Story of a young shanghaied sailor. Forced to work as a deckhand on a rough-and-tumble transport vessel, the sailor ends up in South America, where...

    The Royal American
  • 1956
    Savage Fury

    Savage Fury

    Savage Fury

    71956HD

    Separately released feature version of the 1935 Serial, Call of the Savage.

    Savage Fury
  • 1936
    Stampede

    Stampede

    Stampede

    91936HD

    A cowboy out to find out who murdered his brother discovers that the killers may not be who he thought they were.

    Stampede
  • 1921
    Tiger True

    Tiger True

    Tiger True

    101921HD

    Tiring of hunting big game in the jungle, Jack Lodge, son of a wealthy man, seeks adventure in the underworld district of a big city.

    Tiger True