Goofs

After the Ranger is shot, there is visible blood around a wound on his right arm. As the movie continues from that point. the blood becomes less and less as the Ranger favors his arm less and less. Finally, the blood is gone and the Ranger conducts himself as if nothing has happened. He receives no medical attention other than drinking from a pond.

It has been reported that an apparent height difference between the "Old Prospector" in the library and the governor which does not, exist between the Governor and the Ranger "proves" that the prospector was not played by Moore. To the contrary, when the Governor is leaving the library and the prospector follows him, it is clear that the height difference is due to the prospector (Moore) walking with bent knees to simulate a bow-legged gait.

At the beginning of the movie when the Governor is at the mission to meet the Lone Ranger, there is a considerable height difference between the Governor and the old prospector. But when the Lone Ranger and the Governor meet, both of them are of equal height. Yet the Lone Ranger implies that he was in fact the old prospector. There is about a six inch eye level difference between the Governor and the old prospector but that eye level distance is zero between the Governor and the Lone Ranger. Which means that these are in fact two different people.

When the Lone Ranger recovers a crate of dynamite it is shown with the fuses and blasting caps already inserted. For safety purposes, sticks of dynamite and detonators are always stored separately and not joined together until just before their use.

When Tonto talks to the Governor about Silver, Tonto says that Silver fought and killed the buffalo. In the "The Lone Ranger Fights On," it is the Ranger, not Silver who kills the Buffalo.

The desert scenes feature shots of tall saguaro cactus. The film is set in Texas, an area in which saguaro cacti are not found (they're in Arizona).

The film takes place in an unnamed territory with a major plot point focusing on the Governor's bid for statehood. Texas was granted statehood in 1845, decades earlier than the period depicted in this movie. Since the only connection to Texas is a long cattle drive to Abilene, process of elimination would suggest that the unnamed territory is Arizona, where saguaro cacti are found.

When the Kilgore girl leaves the ranch the first time she has her things packed and a suitcase is put in the wagon with her. When she returns to her home later she is told to pack her things again but the movie suggests that the suitcase was lost during her first trip and therefore she has nothing left to pack.

The Rangers are seen wearing the "wagon wheel star" badge. This film is set in the late 1870s, but that particular badge wasn't issued until the early 1900s.

1:17 As horse Silver chases donkey, visible in upper right screen is large structure, out of place for sacred Indian land.

When Old Man Kimberley is shot and falls off his horse, it's right in front of the rear-projection screen. (You can see the line between the screen and fake turf.) This is followed by a mini-stampede over Kimberley's dummy -- amazing when you consider that the beeves might have damaged the screen.

After the Ranger sets fire to the wagon of hay, at which the horses take off, you can see where someone is controlling the horses from inside the haystack.