By the Sun's Rays

By the Sun's Rays (1914)

Western Action

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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  • Release Date: 1914-07-21
  • Runtime: 0h 11min
  • Directors: Charles Giblyn, Tod Browning.

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    • Cast

    • Murdock MacQuarrie

      John Murdock, the Detective

    • Lon Chaney

      Frank Lawler, the Clerk

    • Seymour Hastings

      John Davis - Supt. of Mines

    • Agnes Vernon

      Dora Davis - John's Daughter

    • Richard Rosson

      The Bandit (as Dick Rosson)

    • Eddie Lyons

      Undetermined Role (unconfirmed / uncredited)

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