The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger

1949 - 1957Western, Action & AdventureB5 Seasons221 Episodes

The Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring Clayton Moore with Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The live-action series initially featured Gerald Mohr as the episode narrator. Fred Foy served as both narrator and announcer of the radio series from 1948 to its finish and became announcer of the television version when story narration was dropped there. This was by far the highest-rated television program on the ABC network in the early 1950s and its first true "hit".

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

52 Episodes • 1949

Season 2

Season 2

26 Episodes • 1950

S3

Season 3

52 Episodes • 1952

S4

Season 4

52 Episodes • 1954

S5

Season 5

39 Episodes • 1956

Episodes - Season 1

Enter the Lone Ranger

1. Enter the Lone Ranger

30m

John Reid, the sole surviving Texas Ranger of a murderous ambush, becomes the great masked hero with his companion, Tonto.

E2

2. The Lone Ranger Fights On

30m

The origin of the Lone Ranger's horse Silver and his use of silver bullets is explained.

E3

3. The Lone Ranger's Triumph

30m

The Lone Ranger still on the trail of Butch Cavendish and his gang sends Tonto to the town of Colby to organize a posse with the sheriff. Tonto receives no help and the suspicion is a number of people in the town are working for Cavandish. The Lone Ranger must launch a daring plan to foil the Cavendish gang's plan to take over the town of Colby.

E4

4. The Legion of Old Timers

30m

Bob Kittredge is being forced by Red Devers to sell the ranch he inherited from his father. The Lone Ranger and Tonto, aided by Banty Bishop and the old ranch hands rescue Kittredge, and the ranch (and jobs of the ranch hands) are restored.

E5

5. Rustler's Hideout

30m

The Vance family settles right in the middle of a war between the Madden gang and local ranches. Despite the hostility to Fred Vance over his past, he decides he will not be run off this parcel of land. The Lone Ranger believes in Fred's innocence, and asks him to help stop the ranchers riding into an ambush and then set a counter trap for the gang after rescuing the son of one of the ranchers being held hostage

E6

6. War Horse

30m

A promoter wants to purchase the famous war horse 'Black Cloud' owned by the Chief Lame Bear. Instead of purchasing the horse the people he employs steal the animal instead, taking Lame Bear's son as hostage in the process. After the capture of Tonto, the Lone Ranger needs to use all his diplomacy and cunning as a law enforcer to stop out right war between Lame Bear's tribe and the US cavalry.

E7

7. Pete and Pedro

30m

Pete and Pedro don't like working, until the Lone Ranger persuades them to help an attractive young woman save her ranch.

E8

8. The Renegades

30m

While on the trail, Tonto gets an urgent message to meet Chief Swift Eagle. The Lone Ranger continues on to a local mission to discover there are reports of Indian raids on supply trains, and any Indians found off the reservation are to be arrested and sent to Florida. Slowly the truth about the raids becomes apparent and the Lone Ranger must do all he can to save his friend Tonto and avoid an Indian War.

E9

9. The Tenderfeet

30m

A murder is pinned on two cowboys who strike it rich, until the Lone Ranger traps the real killer.

E10

10. High Heels

30m

The Lone Ranger and Tonto aid a short rancher who is so embarrassed by his lack of height he resorts to specially made platform shoes to add inches to his stature.

Created by: Fran Striker, George W. Trendle

Top Cast

Clayton Moore

Clayton Moore

The Lone Ranger

Jay Silverheels

Jay Silverheels

Tonto

Available on: ABC

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