John Cowell

Movies19

• Movie7.5

  Western

  The Government sends Dean, Baxter, and Gordon to investigate a series of train holdups. Travis is behind the robberies and they are soon on his trail. When things get hot, Travis has a plan of double-crossing his own men that will enable him to keep not only his gold but also the money it is insured for.

  Men of the Plains

  1936 · 2 votes

• Movie5.2

  HorrorScience Fiction

  A madman sets out to destroy a group of Chinatown merchants.

  Shadow of Chinatown

  1936 · 6 votes

• Movie5.3

  CrimeDrama

  A boxer is framed for murder after an opponent dies in the ring.

  Prison Shadows

  1936 · 8 votes

• Movie5.0

  ComedyCrime

  Gossip columnist Tommy Tilton, who excels in slinging nonsense about, is not a timid bluffer when it comes to coaxing out a murderer.

  I'll Name the Murderer

  1936 · 5 votes

• Movie6.0

  MysteryCrime

  A mysterious killer known as The Fiend uses an unusual bullet as his trademark for his murders.

  A Face in the Fog

  1936 · 5 votes

• Movie5.5

  Western

  Someone is adding beef to Rocky Brown's herds and changing the brands to make it look like he is rustling. Then he is framed for murder and jailed. Johnny Argyle who has been sent to investigate believes he is innocent and sets out to prove it and starts with hides that have been rebranded.

  Too Much Beef

  1936 · 2 votes

• Movie6.0

  Western

  A miner who was swindled out of his mine by a banker turns to robbing stagecoaches. Several years after he is tracked down and killed, his son comes to town to tangle with the banker.

  Bulldog Courage

  1935 · 4 votes

• Movie7.0

  CrimeDrama

  Ted Clark rescues pickpoket Danny from a mob, and restores Danny's loot, a pocketbook, to its owner Ann Dawson. She is carrying a letter that proves her brother, who is on death row, is innocent and Jim Grant is the guilty party. Ted and Danny help her escape from Grant's henchmen. They have several narrow escapes while on their way to give the proof to the Governor.

  Bars of Hate

  1935 · 2 votes

• Movie10.0

  CrimeDrama

  A secret apparatus that controls bombs by remote control is stolen from a laboratory. A federal agent is assigned to recover it, and his investigation leads him to a creepy mansion that is honeycombed with secret passage ways.

  Kelly of the Secret Service

  1936 · 1 votes

• Movie5.2

  Drama

  A wealthy man relates how gambling had tragic consequences for his family.

  Born to Gamble

  1935 · 5 votes

• Movie7.0

  Western

  An operative from the Wells Fargo company goes undercover to trap a crooked sheriff and his equally nefarious hirelings in this standard B-Western from A.W. Hackel's low-budget Supreme Pictures Corp.

  Undercover Man

  1936 · 3 votes

• Movie4.5

  Western

  John Clark (Bob Steele) and his deaf pal, Bootch Collum (Buck Connors), are trailed by U. S. Marshal Lamar Bly (Jack Rockwell)...

  Alias John Law

  1935 · 7 votes

• Movie10.0

  Action

  Captain John Kent is a pilot in charge of the border patrol. Two crooks who head up a smuggling operation, Morley and his associate Faber, are trying to outwit Kent. The smugglers hope that they can influence Kent's younger brother Doug to help them, and they employ an attractive singer in an attempt to win Doug over.

  Skybound

  1935 · 1 votes

• Movie4.0

  Crime

  Thieves break into a warehouse that stores guns, steal them and kill the night watchman. An undercover agent assigned to the case happens to get into a traffic accident with the sister of the man the police suspect is head of the burglary ring, and in order to work his way into the gang, he romances the boss' sister. Complications ensue when the two fall in love.

  What Price Crime

  1935 · 4 votes

• Movie9.0

  ActionCrime

  G-Man Ted Riley is ordered to investigate happenings at Diamond Island, where a bogus Major Gray is reported engaged in manufacturing a new brand of secret gas for his own purposes. Riley blows up his motor boat just off the island and is picked up by Gray's men. On the island he discovers chemist Professor Baker (John Cowell) and his daughter, Anne, are held captive by Major Gray.

  Rip Roaring Riley

  1935 · 1 votes

• Movie6.4

  HorrorThriller

  A mad killer is on the loose in a hotel on a dark, gloomy night.

  The Rogues' Tavern

  1936 · 8 votes

• Movie6.5

  Drama

  The DVD for this film bears the title "The Lure of Hollywood". Marian Nixon plays a girl who doesn't want to settle for second best. She is offered chance to be a model and jumps at it. Her boyfriend is upset--he just wants to marry her and settle down to a life of domestic bliss. But she has stars in her eyes--and soon learns to use publicity to create a new movie star persona. Throughout all this, the sappy boyfriend is always waiting nearby--hoping that she'll come to her senses and give up this new life.

  The Reckless Way

  1936 · 2 votes

• Movie10.0

  ActionWestern

  Three men, each on their individual quest, meet at a deserted cabin and take the assumed names of Ace, King, and Jack.

  Western Justice

  1934 · 1 votes

• Movie6.0

  WesternAction

  The man Bannister has sent to investigate the trouble at his mine has disappeared. This time his son Bob goes, quickly learning that Kincade is the culprit. Kincade has been taking gold from the mine and now plans to kidnap Teresa and skip across the border.

  Kid Courageous

  1935 · 3 votes