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The Lone Ranger: Season 1: Episode 13 -- The Lone Ranger risks his life to save an ex-bank robber from going back to prison…or worse.
The Lone Ranger: Season 1: Episode 12 -- A wrongly imprisoned man finishes out his sentence and returns home seeking answers, the Lone Ranger helps expose a clever ruse staged by the real criminal.
The Lone Ranger: Season 1: Episode 11 -- Murderous outlaws steal the identity of a young Easterner named Bob Walker.
The Lone Ranger: Season 1: Episode 10 -- The Lone Ranger shows little guy, Pat St. Ives, that he doesn’t need high-heeled boots to be a big man.
The Lone Ranger: Season 1: Episode 9 -- Claim-jumping and murder are pinned on two greenhorns who strike it rich, until the Lone Ranger traps the real killer.

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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Full episode list »
Release Date:
15 September 1949 (USA) See more »
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Plot:
The adventures of the masked hero and his Native American partner. Full summary »
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination See more »
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A Classic See more (7 total) »

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 2 of 292)
Jay Silverheels ... Tonto / ... (217 episodes, 1949-1957)

Clayton Moore ... The Lone Ranger / ... (169 episodes, 1949-1957)
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Runtime:
30 min (221 episodes)
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Color:
Color (1956-1957) | Black and White (1949-1956)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Trivia:
In 1955 at the height of The Lone Ranger's popularity, just before the release of the movie feature titled "The Lone Ranger" (1956), both ABC and CBS aired "The Lone Ranger Rides Again" (1955 TV). This was a one hour condensed version of the series first 3 episodes depicting "The Lone Ranger's" origin".See more »
Quotes:
[earliest episodes]
The Lone Ranger:Only you, Tonto, know I'm alive. To the world, I'll buried here beside my brother and my friends... forever.
Tonto:You are alone now. Last man. You are lone ranger.
The Lone Ranger:Yes, Tonto, I am... the Lone Ranger.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Big Bounce (1969)See more »
Soundtrack:
Finale from 'William Tell Overture'See more »

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5 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
A Classic, 2 April 2008
Author: aimless-46 from Kentucky

The 221 episodes of "The Lone Ranger" were originally broadcast on ABC from 1949 to 1957; and then for many years they played in local syndication. For most of the original broadcast years the series was ABC's most watched piece of programming.

The new DVD set from Pop Flix contains the first 16 episodes (15 Sept-29 Dec 1949) and for some reason unknown to me episode 22 from the fifth season, for a total of 17 episodes (the same 17 available on last year's Mill Creek Entertainment release so these are probably in the public domain). These sets pretty much render "The Legend of the Lone Ranger" movie superfluous as all three episodes that were combined in 1952 to form the movie are included in these releases.

The early episodes hark back to radio as there is considerably more voice-over narration used as an introduction and to introduce key plot moments.

The series itself was pure kiddie western with clear-cut good and evil distinctions and no romance. The title character (played by Clayton Moore) started out Texas Ranger John Reid. The first three episodes provide the background for his transformation to Lone Ranger status, his partnering with the Indian Tonto (Jay Silverheels), and the taming of his horse "Silver".

There is an unambiguous code of positive morality infusing each episode. The Lone Ranger is totally good but he adopts the guise of evil. While a masked man in the west was normally feared by the good citizens and an Indian was distrusted, the Lone Ranger is feared by those who would do evil. One persistent theme is that when the Lone Ranger and Tonto first encounter an average citizen they are greeted with suspicion, and by the end of the episode the citizen has been convinced of their value. The trademark ending was a secondary character asking the question: "who was that masked man?".

To really enjoy the series you must accept it for the simplistic morality tale it was intended to be. If you don't take it seriously and keep wishing for some self-reflexive campy parody elements you will only get frustrated.

Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.

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