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Overview

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Director:

William A. Fraker

Writers:

Ivan Goff (screenplay) and
Ben Roberts (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

20 August 1981 (Australia) more

Tagline:

The untold story of the man behind the mask, and the legend behind the man. more

Plot:

The sole surviving Texas Ranger of an ambush arranged by Butch Cavandish returns to fight back as a masked hero. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations more

NewsDesk:

Bruckheimer Takes On The Lone Ranger
 (From WENN. 30 March 2008, 7:13 AM, PDT)

User Comments:

I Liked This Movie more (29 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Klinton Spilsbury ... The Lone Ranger / John Reid
Michael Horse ... Tonto

Christopher Lloyd ... Maj. Bartholomew 'Butch' Cavendish
Matt Clark ... Sheriff Wiatt
Juanin Clay ... Amy Striker (Lucas' niece / editor of Del Rio Dispatch after his death)

Jason Robards ... President Ulysses S. Grant

John Bennett Perry ... Capt. Dan Reid (Texas Ranger / John's older brother)

David Hayward ... Collins
John Hart ... Lucas Striker (editor of Del Rio Dispatch)

Richard Farnsworth ... Wild Bill Hickok
Lincoln Tate ... Gen.George A. Custer
Ted Flicker ... Buffalo Bill Cody
Marc Gilpin ... Young John Reid
Patrick Montoya ... Young Tonto
David Bennett ... Gen. Aurelio Rodriguez
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Additional Details

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Abiquiu, New Mexico, USA more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

John Hart, who cameos as Lucas Striker in the film, spent a season behind the mask in the "The Lone Ranger" (1949). more

Goofs:

Continuity: During the scene where the Lone Ranger is breaking Silver to ride, the horse shown changes back and forth from having blue eyes to brown eyes. It also changes from wearing a bridle with a bit to a rodeo type bronc halter. more

Quotes:

Ranger: [During a gunfight in a canyon] It ain't the bullet that kills you.
[shoots a bad guy on a cliff]
Ranger: . It's the fall.
[bad guy falls from cliff]
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Night Court: Who Was That Mashed Man? (#5.7)" (1987) more

Soundtrack:

The Man in the Mask more


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19 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
I Liked This Movie, 14 March 2006
Author: sonny_1963 from United States

I thought Klinton Splsbury was a good Lone Ranger and Michael Horse was a good Tonto.

The magic of this film, for me, is the first half, when we see how John Reid becomes the Lone Ranger.Also, a great scene where he finds a wild white horse, breaks him, and names him Silver. But a later scene just blew my mind away.

In that scene,after Reid and Tonto bury his brother and the other ambushed Texas Rangers, he decides to wear a mask so the bad guys won't recognize him. He tells Tonto the mask will be a symbol of justice. At this point, we have not yet seen his alter ego.

That changes when we see him from the back kneeling at his brother's grave and vowing to avenge his death. Then he puts his hat on, turns around, and as we see him in his mask for the first time, blaring trumpets sound out the start of the William Tell Overture. Being a Lone Ranger fan, this literally sent shivers down my spine.

The scene continues as they both ride away to more of the overture, and, of course, we hear "Hi yo, Silver, away."

Breathtaking!

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