The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger
TV ShowEnded

The Lone Ranger

6.8 / 10
1949
5 seasons
221 episodes
WesternAction & Adventure

The Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring Clayton Moore with Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The live-action series initially featured Gerald Mohr as the episode narrator. Fred Foy served as both narrator and announcer of the radio series from 1948 to its finish and became announcer of the television version when story narration was dropped there. This was by far the highest-rated television program on the ABC network in the early 1950s and its first true "hit".

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Trailer

The Lone Ranger 1949 - 1957 Opening and Closing Theme

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Pure Flix
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Best Westerns Ever Amazon Channel
Dove Amazon Channel
Dove Amazon Channel
Shout! Factory Amazon Channel
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Cast

Seasons

  • Enter the Lone Ranger

    1.Enter the Lone Ranger

    9.5
    15-09-194930m

    John Reid, the sole surviving Texas Ranger of a murderous ambush, becomes the great masked hero with his companion, Tonto.

  • Ep 2

    2.The Lone Ranger Fights On

    9.0
    22-09-194930m

    The origin of the Lone Ranger's horse Silver and his use of silver bullets is explained.

  • Ep 3

    3.The Lone Ranger's Triumph

    9.0
    29-09-194930m

    The Lone Ranger still on the trail of Butch Cavendish and his gang sends Tonto to the town of Colby to organize a posse with the sheriff. Tonto receives no help and the suspicion i...

  • Ep 4

    4.The Legion of Old Timers

    06-10-194930m

    Bob Kittredge is being forced by Red Devers to sell the ranch he inherited from his father. The Lone Ranger and Tonto, aided by Banty Bishop and the old ranch hands rescue Kittredg...

  • Ep 5

    5.Rustler's Hideout

    8.0
    13-10-194930m

    The Vance family settles right in the middle of a war between the Madden gang and local ranches. Despite the hostility to Fred Vance over his past, he decides he will not be run of...

  • Ep 6

    6.War Horse

    20-10-194930m

    A promoter wants to purchase the famous war horse 'Black Cloud' owned by the Chief Lame Bear. Instead of purchasing the horse the people he employs steal the animal instead, taking...

  • Ep 7

    7.Pete and Pedro

    27-10-194930m

    Pete and Pedro don't like working, until the Lone Ranger persuades them to help an attractive young woman save her ranch.

  • Ep 8

    8.The Renegades

    03-11-194930m

    While on the trail, Tonto gets an urgent message to meet Chief Swift Eagle. The Lone Ranger continues on to a local mission to discover there are reports of Indian raids on supply...

  • Ep 9

    9.The Tenderfeet

    10-11-194930m

    A murder is pinned on two cowboys who strike it rich, until the Lone Ranger traps the real killer.

  • Ep 10

    10.High Heels

    17-11-194930m

    The Lone Ranger and Tonto aid a short rancher who is so embarrassed by his lack of height he resorts to specially made platform shoes to add inches to his stature.

  • Ep 11

    11.Six Gun's Legacy

    24-11-194930m

    A tenderfoot stage coach driver is killed then one of his murderers takes his place driving the coach. The Lone Ranger and Tonto come across the scene and realize the boy is still...

  • Ep 12

    12.Return of the Convict

    01-12-194930m

    The Lone Ranger becomes concerned when he hears a recently released prisoner, John Ames is returning to his home town threatening to take revenge on those who wrongly accused him o...

  • Ep 13

    13.Finder's Keepers

    7.0
    08-12-194930m

    Nat Parker has just gotten out of prison after serving 4 years for bank robbery, and is determined to kill his two outlaw partners whom he took the rap for, and recover the $75,000...

  • Ep 14

    14.The Masked Rider

    7.0
    15-12-194930m

    The Lone Ranger, pretends to be a notorious outlaw known as "The Mask Rider" so he can join a gang that is holding the sheriff's fiancée hostage and save her.

  • Ep 15

    15.Old Joe's Sister

    22-12-194930m

    Joe Peter's sister visits her brother for the first time in 30 years. Only now he's being impersonated by escaped jailbird Biff Baker.

  • Ep 16

    16.Cannonball McKay

    29-12-194930m

    The Ranger investigates why a series of Wells Fargo robberies throughout the territory seem to have spared Boone County.

  • Ep 17

    17.The Man Who Came Back

    05-01-195030m

    The Lone Ranger & Tonto visit old friend Joe Crawford at the Bar C Ranch. Instead they find two men who say Joe's sold his ranch, but won't answer any more questions. The Lone Rang...

  • Ep 18

    18.Outlaw Town

    7.0
    12-01-195030m

    Jim Andrews holds up the Wells Fargo office and steals a specific amount of money (5,000.00). He needs the money to enter "Outlaw Town" a safe haven for outlaws who can pay the equ...

  • Ep 19

    19.Greed for Gold

    19-01-195030m

    The Lone Ranger stumbles on the murder the sheriff Gilbert at the Lady Luck gold mine. Investigating the Lone Ranger finds the owner of the mine has also been killed. The Lone Rang...

  • Ep 20

    20.Man of the House

    26-01-195030m

    While on the trail of cattle rustlers, the Lone Ranger and Tonto encounter hen pecked and stay at home husband Casper Dingle. The Lone Ranger convinces Casper to come with him beca...

  • Ep 21

    21.Barnaby Boggs, Esquire

    02-02-195030m

    The Lone Ranger use a traveling salesman Barnaby Boggs to first identify and if possible trap cattle rustler Red Kruger. Kruger recognizes the threat Boogs presents and does everyt...

  • Ep 22

    22.Sheep Thieves

    09-02-195030m

    Two young men switch clothes while on a stage coach so as to play a practical joke on the owner of one of the local sheep stations. Unbeknown to both of them they set in action a c...

  • Ep 23

    23.Jim Tyler's Past

    16-02-195030m

    The Lone Ranger and Tonto are constantly frustrated at Blackie Kane's ability to evade them. They suspect he is getting help but are not sure who might be responsible. They realize...

  • Ep 24

    24.The Man with Two Faces

    23-02-195030m

    A strange bearded one eyed thief has been involved in a number of bank robberies. The Lone Ranger thinks he has discovered the man's pattern and waits near what he thinks will be t...

  • Ep 25

    25.Buried Treasure

    02-03-195030m

    Flint Foster breaks from jail and heads for his brothers homestead. A cat mouse game develops when it is realized a large sum of money is hidden somewhere in the house and Flint ca...

  • Ep 26

    26.Troubled Waters

    09-03-195030m

    The Lone Ranger and Tonto arrive at a ranch looking for water and discover the owner is being attacked by unknown people, they have run his cattle off and poisoned his water suppli...

  • Ep 27

    27.Gold Trains

    16-03-195030m

    After a shoot out during a stage coach robbery the Lone Ranger finds himself being blamed for the deaths. He begins a desperate attempt to avoid capture while trying to capture tho...

  • Ep 28

    28.Pay Dirt

    23-03-195030m

    Two gamblers way-lay a miner who has just struck gold in a mine he is working, wounding him badly. Tonto and the Lone Ranger hear gunfire and go to investigate. The Ranger realizes...

  • Ep 29

    29.Billie the Great

    30-03-195030m

    A group of bank robbers arrives in Clarkesville and tangles with local barber 'Billie,' a gunslinging, fast-drawing, tough-talking woman. When they discover she has a large sum of...

  • Ep 30

    30.Never Say Die

    06-04-195030m

    Butch Cavendish breaks out of prison abducting the wardens son in the process. The Lone Ranger begins the task of trying to track Cavendish down in the knowledge that if he fails,...

  • Ep 31

    31.Gold Fever

    13-04-195030m

    Ox Martin and his gang attract the attention of the Lone Ranger, when Martin's gang intercept a mail coach carrying a claim for a gold mine owned by Sam Dingle.

  • Ep 32

    32.Death Trap

    20-04-195030m

    The Lone Ranger comes across an abandoned stagecoach that was carrying the outlaw Knife Norton. Tonto follows some tracks to a cabin owned by Uncle Taffy, but finds no evidence of...

  • Ep 33

    33.Matter of Courage

    27-04-195030m

    The Lone Ranger is hot on the heels of two outlaws Dimple Henshaw and Toby Farrell who are trying to cross the border into Mexico.

  • Ep 34

    34.Rifles and Renegades

    04-05-195030m

    The Lone Ranger comes across a skirmish between an army patrol and a renegade group of Indians. The Lone Ranger helps fight the Indians off but is concerned they were using weapons...

  • Ep 35

    35.Bullets for Ballots

    11-05-195030m

    The Lone Ranger and Tonto arrive at a town in the midst of an election. They become concerned when threatened by two men about making sure they vote the correct way. The Lone Range...

  • Ep 36

    36.The Black Hat

    18-05-195030m

    The Lone Ranger and Tonto are concerned that they can't find any sign of a gang of outlaws who recently stole a large amount of gold. Tonto is contacted by an Indian friend who mig...

  • Ep 37

    37.Devil's Pass

    25-05-195030m

    The Lone Ranger and Tonto are heading for the town of Horseshoe when they come across two men shot dead. They realize a large sum of money has been stolen, but can't understand the...

  • Ep 38

    38.Spanish Gold

    01-06-195030m

    The Lone Ranger encounters a paroled prisoner on the trail. As he hears the man's story he becomes concerned an innocent man may have been found guilty of a crime he'd never commit...

  • Ep 39

    39.Damsels in Distress

    08-06-195030m

    The Lone Ranger is on the trail of a foreign secret agent, Baron Von Baden when he discovers a gun designer knifed and on the verge of death. The Lone Ranger realizes the threat Vo...

  • Ep 40

    40.Man Without a Gun

    15-06-195030m

    The Lone Ranger and Tonto come across a stage coach that seems to have been attacked by Indians. Discovering a surviver the Lone Range becomes concerned about irregularities in the...

  • Ep 41

    41.Pardon for Curley

    22-06-195030m

    The Lone Ranger captures Curley Bates only to discover the man has been pardoned and no longer a wanted criminal. Suspicion is raised though when Curley tells the Lone Ranger he ha...

  • Ep 42

    42.Eye for an Eye

    29-06-195030m

    Clay Durfee gets word his appeal has been turned down, and he will be hanged Monday. Elsewhere the remains of his gang, including his brother work on a prison break, by using membe...

  • Ep 43

    43.Outlaw of the Plains

    06-07-195030m

    The Ranger and Tonto ride through drought stricken country and encounter two recently robbed men, Clem and Sam, who has been shot. The men tell a story of being robbed of their her...

  • Ep 44

    44.White Man's Magic

    13-07-195030m

    Tonto finds the body of an Indian belonging to a local tribe. The Ranger and Tonto decide foul play is involved and follow a set tracks leading back to the reservation. Independent...

  • Ep 45

    45.Trouble for Tonto

    20-07-195030m

    To get evidence on the Buck Fargo gang's plan to rob the Baxter bank Tonto pretends, after Terry Baxter has killed Black Eagle, to be Black Eagle who has helped kidnap Terry Baxter...

  • Ep 46

    46.Sheriff of Gunstock

    27-07-195030m

    A group of outlaws attack and destroy a barber shop in Gunstock. The Lone Ranger hears of the trouble and heads for the town to see if he can help Sheriff Bennett. At the town we d...

  • Ep 47

    47.The Wrong Man

    03-08-195030m

    Sherriff Barnes arrives at a cabin looking for Meredith who he arrests for the murder of Judge Scoville. The Lone Ranger hears Meredith may be lynched. Later the Ranger with Tonto,...

  • Ep 48

    48.The Beeler Gang

    10-08-195030m

    The Lone Ranger and Tonto are breaking camp when they see a man leave a package by a rock. Investigating they find a ransom note for the son of the local sheriff. The Ranger arrive...

  • Ep 49

    49.The Star Witness

    17-08-195030m

    No one believes twelve-year-old Johnnie Williams, the only witness to a cold-blooded murder, until the Lone Ranger validates his story by exposing the killers.

  • Ep 50

    50.The Black Widow

    24-08-195030m

    The Lone Ranger gets word Silky Carter has been released from Jail. The Ranger suspects he will head for Thunder Mountain to retrieve money from previous robberies. At the Mountain...

  • Ep 51

    51.The Whimsical Bandit

    31-08-195030m

    Dan, the Lone Ranger's nephew comes across a dead man. The Lone Ranger quickly identifies him as 'click' Philiips, the fastest Morse code operator in the area and known member of J...

  • Ep 52

    52.Double Jeopardy

    07-09-195030m

    Clyde Hinshaw who is in jail for murder seems peculiarly nonchalant about his upcoming trial. When the Lone Ranger sees Ma Hinshaw and her son talking to Judge Brady who has seen t...

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