By the Sun's Rays

Jul 21, 1914

0h 11m

★ 4.8

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...

Genres

Western

Action

Production Companies

Nestor Film Company

By the Sun's Rays Trailers

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Cast

John Murdock, the Detective

Murdock MacQuarrie

Frank Lawler, the Clerk

Lon Chaney

John Davis - Supt. of Mines

Seymour Hastings

Dora Davis - John's Daughter

Agnes Vernon

The Bandit (as Dick Rosson)

Richard Rosson

Undetermined Role (unconfirmed / uncredited)

Eddie Lyons

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