By the Sun's Rays

Directed by Charles Giblyn and Tod Browning
1914    11m    Not RatedAction, Drama,
5.3
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.
Cast of By the Sun's Rays
  • James McQuarrieJohn Murdock, the Detective
  • Lon ChaneyFrank Lawler, the Clerk
  • Seymour HastingsJohn Davis - Supt. of Mines
  • Agnes VernonDora Davis - John's Daughter
  • Richard RossonThe Bandit (as Dick Rosson)
  • Eddie LyonsUndetermined Role (unconfirmed / uncredited)
 
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