J.P. McGowan Movies

  • 1925
    Webs of Steel

    Webs of Steel

    Webs of Steel

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    A railroad engineer and his wife try to stop a gang of robbers from holding up their train.

    Webs of Steel
  • 1915
    The Midnight Limited

    The Midnight Limited

    The Midnight Limited

    01915HD

    Under the influence of liquor, Griffin foolishly displays a roll of bills. Wheeler and Walter, yeggmen, see the money and trail the traveler to the...

    The Midnight Limited
  • 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
  • 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 Lost Mail Sack

    The Lost Mail Sack

    The Lost Mail Sack

    01914HD

    A piece of lumber projecting from the side of a freight car picks up the mail sack hanging from the crane at Bell Station. Two hobos find the sack...

    The Lost Mail Sack
  • 1914
    The Operator at Black Rock

    The Operator at Black Rock

    The Operator at Black Rock

    01914HD

    The holdup of the Fast Mail; the runaway train, and the leap on horseback from a fifty-foot cliff are just some of the action

    The Operator at Black Rock
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1915
    A Life in the Balance

    A Life in the Balance

    A Life in the Balance

    01915HD

    King attempts to tighten the brake of a freight car standing near the summit of a steep grade at Lone Point. Suddenly, the brake chain snaps and the...

    A Life in the Balance
  • 1925
    The Lost Express

    The Lost Express

    The Lost Express

    01925HD

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

    The Lost Express
  • 1926
    Crossed Signals

    Crossed Signals

    Crossed Signals

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    A federal agent is sent to a small town to bust up a counterfeiting ring, which is apparently headquartered in the local railway station. The...

    Crossed Signals
  • 1911
    Railroad Raiders of '62

    Railroad Raiders of '62

    Railroad Raiders of '62

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    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
  • 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
  • 1932
    The Scarlet Brand

    The Scarlet Brand

    The Scarlet Brand

    01932HD

    In The Scarlet Brand, a young cowpoke tricked into rustling cattle and hell-bent on getting revenge against the poacher who set him up.

    The Scarlet Brand
  • 1911
    A Sawmill Hero

    A Sawmill Hero

    A Sawmill Hero

    01911HD

    Jim Hemminway went to college, but did not make good. He had a fine time, but flunked in his studies. His father, displeased with Jim's college...

    A Sawmill Hero
  • 1914
    Kaintucky Bill

    Kaintucky Bill

    Kaintucky Bill

    01914HD

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

    Kaintucky Bill
  • 1915
    The Girl at Lone Point

    The Girl at Lone Point

    The Girl at Lone Point

    01915HD

    Helen catches two yeggmen who have broken into a freight car which has been detached from a train because of a hot box and are attempting to rifle...

    The Girl at Lone Point
  • 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 Broken Train

    The Broken Train

    The Broken Train

    01915HD

    Helen spotting two jewel robbers sever the telegraph wires and hop onto a passing freight, jumps into a racing auto and takes off in pursuit. In the...

    The Broken Train
  • 1921
    Do or Die

    Do or Die

    Do or Die

    01921HD

    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