J.P. McGowan Movies

On his deathbed Steele Weir's father tells his son of a band of criminals who framed him for murder and robbed him of valuable land in the West....

In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land...

Allen Jennings, whose father was murdered and his gold mine claim jumped, has been seeking the murderers for years. One day, a mine owner and rancher...

A U.S. soldier goes after bandits in California, although it is still owned by Mexico.

Cattle are being routinely stolen from a local ranch, and suspicion centers on a local mountain family. But the Three Mesquiteers are wise to the...

Trail Riders is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Buddy Roosevelt, Lafe McKee, and Betty Baker.

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...

1927 silent film.

A cowboy seeks revenge for the murder of his father.

Tod Walker takes Rex Carson's map to a gold mine and leaves him in the desert. Carson recuperates at Jean Walker's ranch and she takes a liking to...

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.

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,...

The Wrecker wrecks trains on the L & R Railroad. One of his victims is Larry Baker's father. Baker wants to find the evildoer, among a host of...

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

A couple of war veterans search for the family of a fallen friend.

Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.

On the coast of Africa, the captain of a ship is about to make a deal to sell a white captive to an African chief as a slave. A cabin boy who...

A wagon train heads west from Independence, Mo., along the Oregon Trail, led by proud cowboy Clint Belmet. On board are feisty young widow Nancy...

Janet Allison witnesses Art Holden and his gang hold up the Station Agent. When she identifies Holden to the Sheriff, the Sheriff gives Holden an...

The Painted Trail is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Buddy Roosevelt, Betty Baker and Leon De La Mothe.