By the Sun's Rays poster
Basic Info
Release: July 21, 1914
Rating: ⭐ 4.8/10 (13 votes)

By the Sun's Rays

1914 ⭐ 4.8/10 13 votes
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 Countries
  • United States of America
Spoken Languages
  • No Language xx
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Cast
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)
Crew
Charles Giblyn
Charles Giblyn
Director
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