TMDb Rating
4.8/10
13 verified votes
By the Sun's Rays (1914)
WesternAction
11 min
Plot Summary
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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Keywords to include
WesternActionCharles GiblynMurdock MacQuarrieLon Chaney1914
Director
Charles Giblyn
Top Cast
Murdock MacQuarrieLon ChaneySeymour HastingsAgnes VernonRichard Rosson
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