The Lone Ranger

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The Lone Ranger

1956

1h 26m

Western

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Rancher Reece Kilgore (Lyle Bettger) picks a fight with Indians in the hope that he can run them off their land and mine it for silver. Then a masked lawman, the Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore) and his Indian sidekick, Tonto (Jay Silverheels), are sent to investigate. The Indians are armed and ready to defend themselves, but the Lone Ranger is wounded while trying to prevent Kilgore from using explosives in the battle. Backed by cavalrymen, he and Tonto pursue justice.

Wanda Hale

New York Daily News

11/09/2023

3/4

The new movie starring the masked rider who has given kids of the country, and some grownup kids, so much pleasure for so long a time... is a pretty good western, better than I expected.

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

11/09/2023

[The Lone Ranger] has the unwearied spirit of a noisy kid. That is to say, Stuart Heisler, who directed this outdoor jamboree, has kept it moving at the pace of a cattle stampede, with dust flying and bodies bouncing around like kegs.

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William Brogdon

Variety

11/09/2023

[The production uses] the the scenic splendor of Southern Utah to provide beautiful backdrop for the Herb Meadow script. Stuart Heisler's direction is actionful and excellent. Some of the fight sequences he stages are thrillingly rugged.

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Hortense Morton (Screen Scout)

San Francisco Examiner

11/09/2023

Moore and Silverheels are apt in performance. And, it's pleasant to see Bonita Granville back on a cast list... Fast riding, gallantry on the range, and virtue winning over vice, all against a colorful background, make for a tidy package of suspense.

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Harold Whitehead

Montreal Gazette

11/09/2023

The story is as straightforward as its characters and we must say that we thoroughly enjoyed this little trip back into the past. By the way, we also think that the Lone Ranger is a much better hero for the younger set than Davy Crockett.

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Jeanette Eichel

Buffalo News

11/09/2023

Men, women and children were exhilarated by [the Lone Ranger's] energetic bravura and richly rewarded by the unfolding episode’s chills and thrills.

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Steve D

04/03/2024

For fans only but they will enjoy.

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@TMProofreader 02/01/2019

The best movie character ever portrayed: Clayton Moore as John Reid (The Lone Ranger)! And the best movie quote ever spoken: "Hi-Yo, Silver!"

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01/19/2014

A rewarding western--....and a Hearty Hi-Ho Silver!!

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12/20/2013

At 35, without having seen a Lone Ranger tv show or movie, I was highly entertainined.

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12/14/2013

This is with the original TV cast, Clayton Moore as the Ranger and Jay Silverheels as Tonto. Well done, dramatic, action packed, and compelling, it includes villains Lyle Bettger and Robert Wilke. The opening narration leading to the William Tell Overture theme is one of the great movie openings.

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05/19/2013

Was on Sat morning pics when I was a child as half hr serials,has a place in my heart

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Synopsis

Rancher Reece Kilgore (Lyle Bettger) picks a fight with Indians in the hope that he can run them off their land and mine it for silver. Then a masked lawman, the Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore) and his Indian sidekick, Tonto (Jay Silverheels), are sent to investigate. The Indians are armed and ready to defend themselves, but the Lone Ranger is wounded while trying to prevent Kilgore from using explosives in the battle. Backed by cavalrymen, he and Tonto pursue justice.

Director: Stuart Heisler
Producer: Willis Goldbeck, Jack Wrather
Screenwriter: Herb Meadow
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Warner Brothers/Seven Arts, Wrather Productions
Genre: Western
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 25, 1956, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2013
Runtime: 1h 26m