![By the Sun's Rays Poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500//vGUYVqTyDQIsli3JSFDhReO4nOo.jpg)
By the Sun's Rays
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July 21, 1914
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Western
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...
Featured Crew
Charles Giblyn
Director
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Cast
![Murdock MacQuarrie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//xjXY0di1hFXfnErsfAwkOgBSCjd.jpg)
Murdock MacQuarrie
John Murdock, the Detective
![Lon Chaney](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//m1icBooBEqFNp24Puu7qXn2Sarr.jpg)
Lon Chaney
Frank Lawler, the Clerk
Seymour Hastings
John Davis - Supt. of Mines
![Agnes Vernon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//kzGDvQv2h8eNt6DWg85Gfmsy8gd.jpg)
Agnes Vernon
Dora Davis - John's Daughter
![Richard Rosson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//hjJhqwxMpdVpj5C9yfmM0H4MvgD.jpg)
Richard Rosson
The Bandit (as Dick Rosson)