J.P. McGowan Movies

A Desperate Adventure is a 1924 silent film western directed by J. P. McGowan and starring Franklyn Farnum.

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

Two men in love with the same girl race to save her when she is trapped aboard a ship on fire in storm-swept seas.

Not only is Cody cheated out of his valuable property, he also faces trial on a charge of robbery and murder.

Spang, a tramp telegrapher, is knocked down by a freight car while walking up the siding near Lone Point. Helen witnesses the accident and by quick...

As the freight train on which are riding Mike and Leary, two knights of the road, passes the station at Hynes, the tramps steal the mail bag which...

The Kerry Gow is a 1912 short

Rand, a vengeful discharged fireman, tampers with the airbrakes of a large freight locomotive making them useless on the long descent from the summit...

Story of a Cowboy who met challenges with action! He matched his fists against another man's diabolical brain!

In this film Helen Holmes was clearly rehearsing for the role that brought to her fame and recognition in a serial that started getting released two...

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...

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

An American officer disguises himself as an Arab in order to rescue an American woman kidnapped by Arab tribesmen.

A gamekeeper's daughter is shot while warning a poacher.

A young man joins the army to impress his girlfriend. He soon finds out that his sergeant is actually an enemy spy, but before he can take any...

The old sheriff dies. In jest, the mountaineers nominate Kaintucky Bill, the worst moonshiner in the state, for the office. Considering it a huge...

The story of the Emerald Isle years ago. Showing the struggle against poverty, evictions by hard-hearted landlords, hill fighting and the final...

While crossing the Atlantic, Jim White, an American tourist, is attracted by a charming young widow. He succeeds in making the lady's acquaintance...