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
  • 1920
    Elmo the Fearless

    Elmo the Fearless

    Elmo the Fearless

    01920HD

    Elmo finds himself in 18 different hair raising and dangerous adventures always escaping in the nick of time!

    Elmo the Fearless
  • 1915
    The Girl Telegrapher's Peril

    The Girl Telegrapher's Peril

    The Girl Telegrapher's Peril

    01915HD

    Blake, a quarrelsome lineman, and a widower with two daughters, is in love with Helen, but she rejects his advances. Helen spies Myra, Blake's three...

    The Girl Telegrapher's Peril
  • 1915
    The Little Engineer

    The Little Engineer

    The Little Engineer

    01915HD

    While Hastings, the engineer of Freight No. 3205 is at lunch- in the Lone Point station, Bobby Heywood, the son of an engineer, climbs into the cab...

    The Little Engineer
  • 1911
    By a Woman's Wit

    By a Woman's Wit

    By a Woman's Wit

    6.51911HD

    Captain Jasper, a Union officer, is sent on a secret service mission to the Confederate headquarters. Safe through the lines Captain Jasper,...

    By a Woman's Wit
  • 1915
    The Open Drawbridge

    The Open Drawbridge

    The Open Drawbridge

    01915HD

    Benton, railroad detective, is assigned to run down the crooks who have been breaking into freight cars near Hobart. Helen, the telegraph operator at...

    The Open Drawbridge
  • 1915
    The Mettle of Jerry McGuire

    The Mettle of Jerry McGuire

    The Mettle of Jerry McGuire

    01915HD

    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
  • 1911
    Railroad Raiders of '62

    Railroad Raiders of '62

    Railroad Raiders of '62

    51911HD

    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
    The Girl on the Engine

    The Girl on the Engine

    The Girl on the Engine

    01915HD

    When informed by Helen that the rival railroad proposes to cross the Salt Lake's tracks, McKay, Division Superintendent, rushes a guard of men to...

    The Girl on the Engine
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1929
    Captain Cowboy

    Captain Cowboy

    Captain Cowboy

    01929HD

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

    Captain Cowboy
  • 1915
    The Girl on the Trestle

    The Girl on the Trestle

    The Girl on the Trestle

    01915HD

    A wagon load of powder explodes, destroying the railroad trestle under which it is passing; Helen, knowing that a passenger train is due within a few...

    The Girl on the Trestle
  • 1914
    A String of Pearls

    A String of Pearls

    A String of Pearls

    01914HD

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

    A String of Pearls
  • 1931
    Shotgun Pass

    Shotgun Pass

    Shotgun Pass

    01931HD

    A rancher's plan to herd his horses is complicated by an uncooperative landowner.

    Shotgun Pass
  • 1925
    Webs of Steel

    Webs of Steel

    Webs of Steel

    01925HD

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

    Webs of Steel