Screenplay: Dorrell McGowan

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Dorrell McGowan. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Valley of the Zombies

1946 · Movie · 56 min. · United States

Direction Philip Ford

Cast Robert Livingston · Lorna Gray · Ian Keith · Thomas E. Jackson

Synopsis Dr. Maynard (Charles Trowbridge') tells Dr. Terry Evans (Robert Livingston) and his nurse, Susan Drake (Lorna Gray), about the theft of ten pints of blood from his lab. Later, he is visited by Ormand Murks (Ian Keith), a man Maynard...

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The Sea Spoilers

1936 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction Frank R. Strayer

Cast John Wayne · Nan Grey · William Bakewell · Fuzzy Knight

Synopsis When Coast Guard Commander arrives at his actress girlfriend's yacht he find the owner killed, contraband seal skins, and no girlfriend.

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In Old Missouri

1940 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Frank McDonald

Cast Leon Weaver · Frank Weaver · June Weaver · June Storey

Synopsis The Weavers play sharecroppers. They confront their landlord with their tale of woe only to find he is in money trouble too. He also has a wastrel son and a socialite wife who wants a divorce. He begs the Weavers...

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Missing Evidence

1939 · Movie · 64 min. · United States

Direction Phil Rosen

Cast Preston Foster · Irene Hervey · Inez Courtney · Chick Chandler

Synopsis A Government agent finds romance while investigating a fraudulent sweepstakes racket.

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The Littlest Hobo

1958 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Charles R. Rondeau

Cast Buddy Joe Hooker · Wendy Stuart · Carlyle Mitchell · Howard Hoffman

Synopsis A German shepherd dog named London accompanies a hobo to Los Angeles aboard a freight train.

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Direction Mario Azzopardi · Jan Darnley-Smith · Alan Erlich · Ken Girotti

Cast Allan Royal · Harvey Atkin · Ted Follows · August Schellenberg

Synopsis London is an extremely intelligent, wandering German shepherd who walks into a different place in each episode of this long-running television series, and comes upon people down on their luck or in trouble. London always befriends and helps the struggling...

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Snowfire

1957 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Dorrell McGowan · Stuart McGowan

Cast Don Megowan · Molly McGowan · Claire Kelly · John L. Cason

Synopsis A little girl living on an isolated ranch claims to have formed a bond of friendship with a pure white, "wild" stallion. The horse is well known in the area, almost legendary, and supposedly vicious. Is she just making it...

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Lady Luck

1936 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Charles Lamont

Cast Patricia Farr · William Bakewell · Duncan Renaldo · Lulu McConnell

Synopsis New York manicurist Mamie Murphy plans to marry a rich man, so she repeatedly turns down the proposals of honest reporter David Haines. When she is announced the winner of $2,500 and a ticket worth $150,000 for champion horse Lady...

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The Big Bonanza

1944 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction George Archainbaud

Cast Richard Arlen · Robert Livingston · Jane Frazee · George 'Gabby' Hayes

Synopsis Captain Jed Kelton (Richard Arlen), Union Army officer, unfairly tried for cowardice in battle during the Civil War, escapes from custody while being transported to Fort Leavenport in Kansas. After a brief visit home, Jed and his grizzled old friend,...

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Down Mexico Way

1941 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Santley

Cast Gene Autry · Smiley Burnette · Fay McKenzie · Harold Huber

Synopsis After the bad guys swindle the good folk of Sage City, Gene and Frog chase them to Mexico, where they are trying to rob a rich Mexican ranchero.

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Don't Fence Me In

1945 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction John English

Cast Roy Rogers · Trigger · George 'Gabby' Hayes · Dale Evans

Synopsis Wildcat Kelly has been dead and buried for years. Or has he? Dale is a reporter for an Eastern magazine who comes West to find out the true story of Kelly, of whom Gabby seems to have mysterious knowledge.

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Under Western Stars

1938 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Kane

Cast Roy Rogers · Smiley Burnette · Carol Hughes · Maple City Four

Synopsis Roy is elected to Congress to bring the misery of the "dustbowl" of the 1930s to the attention of Washington politicians.

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Singing Guns

1950 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction R.G. Springsteen

Cast Vaughn Monroe · Ella Raines · Walter Brennan · Ward Bond

Synopsis Rhiannon, an outlaw who regularly robs gold from the stagecoach, shoots the new sheriff and then carries him to the doctor. The doctor cleans up Rhiannon and presents him to the sheriff as the man who saved his life. Rhiannon...

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The Littlest Hobo (TV Series)

1963 · Series · 30 min. · Canada

Direction Dick Darley · Stuart McGowan · Jack Shea

Cast Monty McFarlane · Gregg Palmer · Chick Chandler · Joyce Taylor

Synopsis A German Shepherd dog wanders endlessly, only stopping to do a good deed or help a person in need, before returning to his road without end.

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Hellfire

1949 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction R.G. Springsteen

Cast Bill Elliott · Marie Windsor · Forrest Tucker · Jim Davis

Synopsis A reformed gambler turned preacher, partners with a pretty, female fugitive outlaw, runs into an old pal who's also a marshal and they both fall for the same bad gal.

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Hi, Neighbor

1942 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Charles Lamont

Cast Jean Parker · John Archer · Janet Beecher · Marilyn Hare

Synopsis A financially strapped college is transformed into a summer holiday resort with the help of music and radio stars.

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The Showdown

1950 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Dorrell McGowan · Stuart McGowan

Cast Bill Elliott · Marie Windsor · Walter Brennan · Harry Morgan

Synopsis Shadrach Jones, ex-Texas State Policeman, has a ruthless determination to find and kill the man who shot his brother in the back and stole the money with which he was to buy a ranch for he and Shadrach. At the...

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King of the Pecos

1936 · Movie · 54 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Kane

Cast John Wayne · Muriel Evans · Cy Kendall · Arthur Aylesworth

Synopsis Texas cattle baron Stiles killed John Clayborn's parents ten years earlier. Now a lawyer, Clayborn tries legally to break up Stiles' water monopoly and rustling operation. When that fails he must use force.

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Trouble in Sundown

1939 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Howard

Cast George O'Brien · Rosalind Keith · Ray Whitley · Chill Wills

Synopsis The bank has been robbed, the night watchman killed and the safe opened. The townspeople want John as he was the only one with the combination. Clint gets John out of town but before the mob turns ugly but the...

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Smashing the Spy Ring

1938 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Christy Cabanne

Cast Ralph Bellamy · Fay Wray · Regis Toomey · Walter Kingsford

Synopsis G-Men in Washington break up a powerful spy ring and capture the ringleaders.

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