The Lone Ranger

TV Movie
20032003
2h

This version takes a look at the character in the years before he became a legend. It all begins with the introduction of Luke Hartman, a 20-year old Boston law student who witnesses the mur... Read allThis version takes a look at the character in the years before he became a legend. It all begins with the introduction of Luke Hartman, a 20-year old Boston law student who witnesses the murder of his brother, a Texas Ranger. He himself is wounded in the midst of the chaos, but i... Read allThis version takes a look at the character in the years before he became a legend. It all begins with the introduction of Luke Hartman, a 20-year old Boston law student who witnesses the murder of his brother, a Texas Ranger. He himself is wounded in the midst of the chaos, but is rescued by the Apache Tonto... and subsequently becomes smitten by Tonto's sister Alope.... Read all

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This version takes a look at the character in the years before he became a legend. It all begins with the introduction of Luke Hartman, a 20-year old Boston law student who witnesses the murder of his brother, a Texas Ranger. He himself is wounded in the midst of the chaos, but is rescued by the Apache Tonto... and subsequently becomes smitten by Tonto's sister Alope. He then devotes his life to avenging the death of his brother and fighting injustice, and in the process becoming a worldwide legend. —Anonymous

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Genres
- Action
- Western
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Trivia
This was the WB Television Network's first TV-movie.

Quotes
[last lines]
Luke Hartman: Listen, I wanted to thank you. I couldn't have done it without you.
Tonto: That's true, you couldn't have. I'm not sure I couldn't have done it without you though.
Luke Hartman: Oh, ho, ho. So that's how it's gonna be?
Tonto: It sure is. You can ride with me though, Ranger.
Luke Hartman: We still got more to do. You can ride with me, Kemosabe.
Tonto: Oh yeah?
Luke Hartman: Yeah.
[tugging Silver's reigns]
Luke Hartman: Ya!

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Version of The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)

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4/10

No acting Silver, away!

This movie is unintentionally funny. The actors look a hundred years out of place. There are scenes which look like the makers of this movie saw The Doors and On Deadly Ground too many times with its spiritual mysticism. The lead actor (I forget his name and it's probably just as well) looks like he would have trouble leading little old ladies across the street, let alone seek revenge on killers. You don't feel like you are watching a western but somebody's home movies of people trying to act like cowboys. I haven't seen the universally panned 1981 movie Legend of the Lone Ranger in a long time, but I remember it being better than this. Still the movie is watchable in a Mystery Science Theater 3000 kind of way.

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