By the Sun's Rays

By the Sun's Rays

By the Sun's Rays

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By the Sun's Rays

1914

0h 11m

4.8(14 votes)

Western

Action

Overview

The earliest surviving film featuring Lon Chaney in a major role, By the Sun's Ray's was but one of several 2-reel westerns starring the florid Murdock MacQuarrie. MacQuarrie plays a detective investigating a series of gold shipment robberies. Along the way, he falls for a mine superintendent's pretty daughter (Agnes Vernon), much to the dismay of a sullen mine office clerk (Chaney), who is also smitten with the girl...

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6 featured cast members

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Murdock MacQuarrie

Murdock MacQuarrie

John Murdock, the Detective

Lon Chaney

Lon Chaney

Frank Lawler, the Clerk

Seymour Hastings

John Davis - Supt. of Mines

Agnes Vernon

Agnes Vernon

Dora Davis - John's Daughter

Richard Rosson

Richard Rosson

The Bandit (as Dick Rosson)

Eddie Lyons

Eddie Lyons

Undetermined Role (unconfirmed / uncredited)

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Directed by: Charles Giblyn

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