By the Sun's Rays

Name: By the Sun's Rays
Cast: Murdock MacQuarrie, Lon Chaney, Seymour Hastings, Agnes Vernon, Richard Rosson

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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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Cast & Crew

Director: Charles Giblyn

Murdock MacQuarrie

as John Murdock, the Detective

Lon Chaney

as Frank Lawler, the Clerk

Seymour Hastings

as John Davis - Supt. of Mines

Agnes Vernon

as Dora Davis - John's Daughter

Richard Rosson

as The Bandit (as Dick Rosson)

Eddie Lyons

as Undetermined Role (unconfirmed / uncredited)

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