The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger is a 1938 American Republic Pictures movie serial based on The Lone Ranger radio program. It was the ninth of the sixty-six serials produced by Republic, the fourth Western (a third of Republic's serials were Westerns) and the first Republic serial release of 1938. The following year a sequel serial The Lone Ranger Rides Again was released. The fifteen chapters of the serial were condensed into the film Hi-Yo Silver, which was released in 1940.
Plot
In 1865, Captain Mark Smith of the Confederate Army leads a band of deserters to conquer Texas and rule it as a dictator. In one of his first actions, he captures and assumes the identity of Texas's new Finance Commissioner, Colonel Marcus Jeffries, after having the real man murdered. When a contingent of Texas Rangers enters the territory, Snead, one of Smith's men, leads them into an ambush by Smith's "troopers". The Rangers are apparently wiped out, although one injured survivor is left. The survivor, nursed back to health by Tonto, swears to avenge the massacre and defeat "Colonel Jeffries" and his men.
More details
| author | Fran Striker Franklin Adreon George Worthing Yates Ronald Davidson |
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| contentLocation | Texas |
| director | John English Stuart Heisler William Witney |
| editor | Edward Todd Helene Turner |
| genre | western |
| keywords | assumed identity confederate army id injured murder real man texas ranger texas rangers |
| musicBy | Alberto Colombo |
| producer | Sol C. Siegel |
| publisher | A Republic Production |