The best J.P. McGowan’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best J.P. McGowan’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about J.P. McGowan.
Stagecoach
7.8/10
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.
Slave Ship
6.3/10
Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.
The Buccaneer
6.6/10
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
The Accusing Finger
6.6/10
A district attorney sends a young man to the electric chair, then lands in the death house himself.
Kidnapped
6.6/10
Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour (Freddie Bartholomew) joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart (Warner Baxter) in 18th-century Scotland.
Sinner Take All
5.7/10
A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing family.
The Red Rider
6.9/10
"Red" Davison(Buck Jones), the sheriff of Sun Dog, sacrifices his job and his good name to save his best friend, "Silent" Slade from the hangman's noose, following a framed-up court decision which sentences Slade to hang for the murder of "Scotty McKee (J.P. McGowan). Davidson allows Slade to escape from jail and follows him to aid him in proving his innocence.
Diamond Jim
6.8/10
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
Flaming Gold
5.6/10
Two friends working a jungle oil field clash when one marries a lady of the evening.
Borderland
6.9/10
Hoppy goes undercover as an outlaw (which permits him, for once, to drink and be mean to children) to track down a bunch of outlaws operating along the border. Loco, the head bad guy, deflects suspicion from himself by pretending to be a moron.
Stampede
6.6/10
A cowboy out to find out who murdered his brother discovers that the killers may not be who he thought they were.
Murder in the Fleet
5.6/10
A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to find the offender. First a revolutionary new piece of technology -- an electric firing device -- is sabotaged. Then one of the cruiser's crew is murdered. In order to catch the killer, the captain locks down the ship. With foreign dignitaries, corporate goons and even Tom's girlfriend, Betty, trapped on the vessel, there is no shortage of suspects.
She Had to Eat
6.6/10
An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to New City, where he meets up with a small-time con woman and is repeatedly mistaken for a gangster.
Guns and Guitars
6.6/10
A wrongfully-imprisoned man becomes determined to find who was responsible for the death of a local sheriff.
Robin Hood of El Dorado
5.9/10
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 and gold-crazy Americans. Farmer Joaquin Murrieta revenges the death of his wife against the four Americans who killed her and is branded an outlaw. The reward for his capture is increased as he subsequently kills the men who brutally murder his brother. Joining with bandit Three Fingered Jack, Murrieta raises an army of disaffected Mexicans and goes on a rampage against the Americans, finally forcing his erstwhile friend, Bill Warren, to lead a posse against him.
Crack O' Dawn
5.7/10
Bar 20 Rides Again
6.4/10
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.
Lawless Valley
4.3/10
Lawless Valley is an American western first released in 1932, directed by J.P. McGowan. The film is based on a story by Oliver Drake and stars Lane Chandler, Gertrude Messinger, Richard Cramer, J.P. McGowan and Si Jenks.
Heart of the Rockies
6.4/10
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 criminals' deeds. But when a ranger is shot and Stony is framed for the crime, it's up to Lullaby and Tucson to prove his innocence.
Code of the Fearless
5/10
When it appears that Fred Jamison is a member of Red's gang, he is kicked out of the Rangers. But it's just a plot between Fred and the Ranger Captain. Fred then gets into Red's gang and makes plans that will enable the Rangers to bring them all in. But his message to the Captain is intercepted and the hoax revealed.
