By the Sun's Rays (1914)
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- Not Rated
- 11min
- Short, Action
- 22 Jul 1914 (USA)
- Short
A company detective goes undercover to expose a gang that uses inside information to rob gold shipments.
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Cast
| Murdock MacQuarrie | ... |
John Murdock - the Detective
(as M.J. MacQuarrie)
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| Lon Chaney | ... |
Frank Lawler - the Clerk
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Seymour Hastings | ... |
John Davis - Supt. of Mines
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| Agnes Vernon | ... |
Dora Davis - John's Daughter
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Richard Rosson | ... |
The Bandit
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| Eddie Lyons | ... |
Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
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Directed by
| Charles Giblyn | ||
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Distributors
- Universal Film Manufacturing Company (1914) (United States) (theatrical)
- Transatlantic Film Company of America (1914) (United Kingdom) (DVD) (Included with "The Penalty")
- Kino Video (2001) (United States) (DVD)
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Storyline
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Frank Lawler, a clerk for a mining company, colludes with a bandit gang about the timing of gold shipments with a mirror signal system and has designs on Doris Davis, the daughter of the local branch manager. The company's main office dispatches their top detective John Murdock, who goes undercover to expose the scheme and rescue the Doris from the unwanted advances of the dastardly Lawler. Written by duke1029@aol.com |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Is the earliest known surviving film to feature Lon Chaney. He had appeared in thirty other films prior to this one however those films are now considered to be lost with no known prints in existence. See more » |
| Goofs | The set used for the gold company office is obviously an outdoor set without a roof as the ledger pages on Chaney's desk can be seen blowing in the wind. Early sets were usually built without roofs to take advantage of free natural lighting. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000). See more » |
| Quotes |
John Murdock, the Detective:
I am going to look around and will meet the posse at the crossroads. See more » |