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Lobby card from Discontented Wives (1921)
J. P. McGowan J. P. McGowan i(A90933 works by) (a.k.a. John Paterson McGowan)
Born: Established: 1880 Terowie, Hallett - Jamestown - Peterborough - Orroroo area, Mid North South Australia, South Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 1952
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Gender: Male
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1 form y separately published work icon What Price Vengeance J. P. McGowan , ( dir. Del Lord ) United States of America (USA) Canada : Columbia Pictures , 1937 6426961 1937 single work film/TV crime

After failing to stop a robbery, a policeman is forced to quit his job, and turns to crime to make a living.

1 form y separately published work icon Secret Patrol J. P. McGowan , ( dir. David Selman ) United States of America (USA) : Columbia Pictures , 1936 6427354 1936 single work film/TV crime detective

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police corporal investigates the presumed murder of his friend and fellow Mountie, after the latter's horse comes back riderless.

1 form y separately published work icon Pioneers of the West J. P. McGowan , ( dir. J. P. McGowan ) United States of America (USA) : J.P. McGowan Productions , 1929 6427592 1929 single work film/TV crime western

After a train robbery, the railway company sends an investigator to track down the stolen money; the investigator soon comes to suspect that the man convicted of the crime is covering for someone else.

1 form y separately published work icon Outwitted J. P. McGowan , ( dir. J. P. McGowan ) United States of America (USA) : Independent Pictures , 1925 6427785 1925 single work film/TV crime

A counterfeiter, serving a twenty-year sentence, is broken out by his gang and embarks on a systematic revenge against the treasury agent who caught him, beginning by abducting the agent's fiancee.

1 form y separately published work icon Western Vengeance ( dir. J. P. McGowan ) United States of America (USA) : Independent Pictures , 1924 6428228 1924 single work film/TV crime western

Dick Sterling and his comrade Santag plan to jump the claim of brother and sister Jack and Helen Caldwell, even though Dick's sister is Jack's sweetheart.

1 form y separately published work icon One Million in Jewels J. P. McGowan , ( dir. J. P. McGowan ) United States of America (USA) : Miami Studios William B. Brush Productions , 1923 6428464 1923 single work film/TV crime

'Burke, of the Secret Service, is assigned the task of preventing a plot to smuggle into the country important jewels by way of Havana. His adventures are many and his risks are great, especially as surprise after surprise is sprung on him, and through it all runs an intelligent, plausible love story.'

Source:

'Paramount Theatre', Townsville Daily Bulletin, 20 August 1924, p.3.

1 form y separately published work icon Hills of Missing Men J. P. McGowan , ( dir. J. P. McGowan ) United States of America (USA) : Playgoers Pictures , 1922 6428825 1922 single work film/TV crime western

A United States cavalry officer is sent undercover to prevent a band of outlaws from establishing a criminal empire stretching from Baja California in Mexico into the United States.

1 form y separately published work icon The Lost Express J. P. McGowan , ( dir. J. P. McGowan ) United States of America (USA) : Signal Films , 1917 6428964 1917 single work film/TV thriller crime mystery

A telegraph operator solves the mystery of a missing express train, which is carrying a valuable cargo of a new formula for granulated gasoline.

1 form y separately published work icon The Diamond Runners J. P. McGowan , ( dir. J. P. McGowan ) United States of America (USA) : Signal Films , 1916 6429926 1916 single work film/TV crime

According to a contemporary Australian review,

'This is the title of a progressive Film Service production at the Lyric Theatre, to-night, featuring Miss Helen Holmes in a story of international diamond smuggling as carried out by a gang who move in the "best society." A characteristic portion of the filmic production appealing more particularly to lady patrons will be the elaborate frocks worn by the principal, which are regarded as triumphs of the costumier's art.'

Source:

'The Diamond Smugglers', Queensland Times, 23 April 1919, p.4.

1 form y separately published work icon His Nemesis J. P. McGowan , ( dir. J. P. McGowan ) United States of America (USA) : Kalem Company , 1914 7942415 1914 single work film/TV

Melodrama based around a false accusation.

1 form y separately published work icon The Flash in the Night J. P. McGowan , ( dir. Kenean Buel ) United States of America (USA) : Kalem Company , 1911 6430147 1911 single work film/TV thriller

A contemporary Australian review describes it as a 'railway drama', 'depicting an heroic girl railway signaller and two brave enginemen's adventures.'

Source:

'Crystal Theatre', Barrier Miner, 21 September 1912, p.4.

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