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By the Sun's Rays (1914)

★ 4.8/10 11 min Western, Action United States English
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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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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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