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The Lone Ranger

Play trailer Poster for The Lone Ranger 1956,  1h 26m,  Western Play Trailer Watchlist
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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.
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Wanda Hale New York Daily News Nov 9, 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. Go to Full Review
Bosley Crowther New York Times Nov 9, 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. Go to Full Review
William Brogdon Variety Nov 9, 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. Go to Full Review
Hortense Morton (Screen Scout) San Francisco Examiner Nov 9, 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. Go to Full Review
Harold Whitehead Montreal Gazette Nov 9, 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. Go to Full Review
Jeanette Eichel Buffalo News Nov 9, 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. Go to Full Review
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Feb 1, 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!" See more
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Stuart Heisler

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Clayton Moore

The Lone Ranger

Jay Silverheels

Tonto

Lyle Bettger

Reece Kilgore

Bonita Granville

Welcome Kilgore

Perry Lopez

Pete Ramirez

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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
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