J.P. McGowan Movies

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

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

A tough Irishman tries to help a logging company owner on Vancouver Island who is being sabotaged by a nearby competitor.

A cop hesitates in using his gun to stop a robbery, & the robbers get away. He is forced to quit the police force, and he turns to a life of crime.

Helen, informed of the danger which menaces an excursion train because another engine on the same track is running wild, mounts a motorcycle and...

Learning his father's railroad business from the ground up, layabout Leonard Hathaway undertakes to win a large ore-hauling contract by making his...

During the Civil War, a woman helps her injured husband by delivering an important message to his general.

A young pacifist, after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer,...

Lane Cartwright arrives and is immediately arrested for being the mysterious Phantom Bandit. Cleared by the Sheriff he later finds a dead man and is...

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

Prison inmates are leased by the state to a lumber company, which makes them work under atrocious and dangerous conditions and treats them as virtual...

French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.

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...

When Jim and Scrubby arrive to see Scrubby's sister, they find her murdered and suspect it was her no good husband Jake. But Jake and his men have...

After being captured by T-Man Jack Blaisdell and sentenced to 20 years of hard labor on a counterfeiting rap, Tiger McGuire is sprung from jail by...

Deputy Sheriff "Smoke" Sanderson (Bob Custer) is after a gang of smugglers, led by Brad Vogel (J.P. McGowan) operating along the Texas/Mexico border...

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...

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

Cattle rustler Nevada dreams of living like an emperor in the West. Hoppy and the Bar 20 boys aim to put an end to his dream.

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...