J.P. McGowan Movies

  • 1926
    The Lost Express

    The Lost Express

    The Lost Express

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    Kidnapping and marital reconciliation drive this action film set on a millionaire's private train.

    The Lost Express
  • 1915
    In Danger's Path

    In Danger's Path

    In Danger's Path

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    Helen is captured by two yeggmen who throw her into a refrigerator car; finding a meat hook, she chops her way into the ice chamber and reaches the...

    In Danger's Path
  • 1915
    The Pay Train

    The Pay Train

    The Pay Train

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    Helen, overhearing Tony and his accomplices plotting to derail the pay train and steal its money, is thrown into a cattle car; grabbing a revolver...

    The Pay Train
  • 1927
    The Red Raiders

    The Red Raiders

    The Red Raiders

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    Lone wolf, who is stirring up the Indians against the wishes of his elders, gets the job of scout at the fort. When he hears of the approval of the...

    The Red Raiders
  • 1914
    The Car of Death

    The Car of Death

    The Car of Death

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    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...

    The Car of Death
  • 1914
    A String of Pearls

    A String of Pearls

    A String of Pearls

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    In Batiste, an Italian woman, Haldeman finds the very type he desires to use in his next picture.

    A String of Pearls
  • 1915
    The Mettle of Jerry McGuire

    The Mettle of Jerry McGuire

    The Mettle of Jerry McGuire

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    Helen is operator at Bells. Jerry McGuire, engineer on the local freight, and Tom Thornton, his fireman, are both rivals for the hand of the girl....

    The Mettle of Jerry McGuire
  • 1920
    The Vanishing Dagger

    The Vanishing Dagger

    The Vanishing Dagger

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    Adventure serial starring Eddie Polo in 18 chapters. 1. The Scarlet Confession; 2. The Night of Terror; 3. In Death's Clutches; 4. On the Trail of...

    The Vanishing Dagger
  • 1911
    The Fiddler’s Requiem

    The Fiddler’s Requiem

    The Fiddler’s Requiem

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    The old musician playing his fiddle in his garret home dreams of his youth and his lost love. As the past unfolds itself he sees his sweetheart,...

    The Fiddler’s Requiem
  • 1915
    A Railroader's Bravery

    A Railroader's Bravery

    A Railroader's Bravery

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    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
  • 1928
    The Devil’s Tower

    The Devil’s Tower

    The Devil’s Tower

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    Outlaw "Dutch" Haynes is extorting money from the ranchers by threatening to blow up the dam that keeps the valley from flooding. To get to that...

    The Devil’s Tower
  • 1921
    Do or Die

    Do or Die

    Do or Die

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    A 1921 movie serial directed by J.P. McGowan. Chapters: 1. The Buccaneer's Bride 2. The Hornet's Nest 3. The Secret of the Sea 4. The Hidden Danger...

    Do or Die
  • 1914
    The Black Diamond Express

    The Black Diamond Express

    The Black Diamond Express

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    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
  • 1914
    The Stolen Engine

    The Stolen Engine

    The Stolen Engine

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    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
  • 1931
    Headin' for Trouble

    Headin' for Trouble

    Headin' for Trouble

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    Cyclone arrives in town just in time to see Slade cheat Courtney at poker. Cyclone takes Courtney's IOU and returns it to him. But Courtney is a...

    Headin' for Trouble
  • 1928
    The Old Code

    The Old Code

    The Old Code

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    An Indian girl is in love with French trapper Pierre, but he is interested in a French orphan, Marie.

    The Old Code
  • 1915
    The Box Car Trap

    The Box Car Trap

    The Box Car Trap

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    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
    The Ace of Clubs

    The Ace of Clubs

    The Ace of Clubs

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    Cowboy Jack Horton searches for the killer of his father and brother, both of whom were found with an ace of clubs pinned to their bodies.

    The Ace of Clubs
  • 1916
    A Lass of the Lumberlands

    A Lass of the Lumberlands

    A Lass of the Lumberlands

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

    A Lass of the Lumberlands
  • 1925
    A Desperate Chance

    A Desperate Chance

    A Desperate Chance

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    Girl's father who is in sore financial straits because of a corporation man is aided by stranger who reveals that his father was ruined same way by...

    A Desperate Chance