J.P. McGowan Movies

  • 1929
    Headin' Westward

    Headin' Westward

    Headin' Westward

    01929HD

    Concern for her father, who is being slowly ruined by cattle rustling, prompts Mary Benson to do some investigating in a distant cattle town, where...

    Headin' Westward
  • 1914
    The Stolen Engine

    The Stolen Engine

    The Stolen Engine

    01914HD

    A pair of crooks steal a valuable package, hold up the crew of a freight engine, and compel the engineer to aid their escape. Learning this, Helen...

    The Stolen Engine
  • 1914
    The Black Diamond Express

    The Black Diamond Express

    The Black Diamond Express

    01914HD

    When Dick, an aeronaut is wrongly accused of shooting Dan, a trouble-making, quarrelsome cowboy, Helen aids his escape on the outgoing Black Diamond...

    The Black Diamond Express
  • 1915
    The Box Car Trap

    The Box Car Trap

    The Box Car Trap

    01915HD

    Jim, determined to ruin a box car brake test, hides inside, removes the flooring, and ruins the brake apparatus. As a result, the box car runs wild,...

    The Box Car Trap
  • 1925
    Mistaken Orders

    Mistaken Orders

    Mistaken Orders

    01925HD

    Vincent Barton, the son of the vice-president of a railroad company, takes a job as the depot agent at Bynes. He fires one of Tony Sharkey's...

    Mistaken Orders
  • 1929
    The Fighting Terror

    The Fighting Terror

    The Fighting Terror

    01929HD

    Bill attempts to apprehend the villain who killed his brother. Unfortunately, a crooked border-town sheriff is in his way.

    The Fighting Terror
  • 1924
    A Two Fisted Tenderfoot

    A Two Fisted Tenderfoot

    A Two Fisted Tenderfoot

    01924HD

    Pampered Easterner Tom Ransom is sent West by his father, a meatpacking tycoon, to buy a large herd. Tom soon comes into conflict with the agents of...

    A Two Fisted Tenderfoot
  • 1912
    An Arabian Tragedy

    An Arabian Tragedy

    An Arabian Tragedy

    01912HD

    Ayub Kashif becomes embittered toward his wife, Fatima, because their union has been childless. He eventually determines to divorce Fatima and free...

    An Arabian Tragedy
  • 1930
    O'Malley Rides Alone

    O'Malley Rides Alone

    O'Malley Rides Alone

    01930HD

    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
  • 1914
    The Escape on the Limited

    The Escape on the Limited

    The Escape on the Limited

    01914HD

    Brandt, a defaulting cashier, hiding in Lone Point in his effort to throw detectives off his track, cuts the wires of Helen's telephone to prevent...

    The Escape on the Limited
  • 1915
    A Railroader's Bravery

    A Railroader's Bravery

    A Railroader's Bravery

    01915HD

    When Helen learns that wiretappers have make a prisoner of Henry, the relief operator, she severs the wire being tapped, boards a freight train,...

    A Railroader's Bravery
  • 1914
    The Flaw in the Alibi

    The Flaw in the Alibi

    The Flaw in the Alibi

    01914HD

    It shows how a scheming bank employee manages to get an alibi and fix the guilt of his theft on the assistant cashier.

    The Flaw in the Alibi
  • 1915
    A Race for a Crossing

    A Race for a Crossing

    A Race for a Crossing

    01915HD

    Sharky, a rival road agent, plots to spoil a trial run to be made on Helen's road that will win a mail contract. He opens a waste valve on the tank...

    A Race for a Crossing
  • 1913
    The Pursuit of the Smugglers

    The Pursuit of the Smugglers

    The Pursuit of the Smugglers

    51913HD

    A short smugglers’ drama in which a new employee of the harbour police starts working for an export trader, so as to keep an eye on the...

    The Pursuit of the Smugglers
  • 1914
    Helen's Sacrifice

    Helen's Sacrifice

    Helen's Sacrifice

    01914HD

    In the first entry in the popular Hazards of Helen series, Helen, the night telegraph operator at Lone Point, relieves Benton, the day operator,...

    Helen's Sacrifice
  • 1912
    The Shaughraun

    The Shaughraun

    The Shaughraun

    01912HD

    Robert Ffolliott is a young Irish lad who is done out of his land and sent off to a penal colony in Australia following false accusations by the...

    The Shaughraun
  • 1927
    The Outlaw Dog

    The Outlaw Dog

    The Outlaw Dog

    01927HD

    When his master is attacked and left speechless, Ranger is held responsible. On the lam from the Law, the canine hero links up with telegrapher Bill...

    The Outlaw Dog
  • 1929
    The Man from Nevada

    The Man from Nevada

    The Man from Nevada

    01929HD

    Jack Carter rides into Nevada and finds himself caught between a local family feud and a dangerous outlaw gang. As he earns the trust of the Watkins...

    The Man from Nevada
  • 1915
    A Deed of Daring

    A Deed of Daring

    A Deed of Daring

    01915HD

    Upon learning that a gang of smugglers are using freight cars to bring Chinamen across the border, the railroad officials order all employees to keep...

    A Deed of Daring
  • 1916
    A Lass of the Lumberlands

    A Lass of the Lumberlands

    A Lass of the Lumberlands

    01916HD

    15-episode serial directed by Paul Hurst and J.P. McGowan.

    A Lass of the Lumberlands