LONE RANGER (THE), 15 CHAPTER SERIAL, 1938

THE LONE RANGER
15 CHAPTER SERIAL
1938

The Lone Ranger was the biggest serial event since Universal's Flash Gordon

This is how one fan describes it:
This is simply the best serial ever made and it's a crying shame that the original print has been lost (or destroyed as some claim). It was filmed at Lone Pine, Ca., the perfect location for the perfect serial. My copy of the serial is pretty ragged, with Spanish subtitles, but I understand is the only copy available. Too bad. This serial is what all serials should be and seldom are.

PLOT:
In 1865, Captain Mark Smith of the Confederate Army leads a band of deserters to conquer Texas and rule it as a dictator. In one their first actions, they ambush and apparently wipe out a contingent of Texas Rangers. One however, survives and is found and nursed back to health by a lone Indian; Tonto. Swearing to avenge the massacre and defeat Captain Smith (who has assumed the identity of Texas' new Finance Commissioner, Colonel Marcus Jefferies, after having the real man murdered) our hero dons a disguise and returns as ... The Lone Ranger...

CAST:
Silver King the Horse     ...     Silver, the Lone Ranger's Horse
Chief Thundercloud    ...     Tonto
Lynne Roberts    ...     Joan Blanchard
Stanley Andrews    ...     Capt. Smith posing as Colonel Jeffries
George Cleveland    ...     George Blanchard
William Farnum    ...     Father McKim
Hal Taliaferro    ...     Bob Stuart
Bruce Bennett    ...     Bert Rogers (as Herman Brix)
Lee Powell    ...     Allen King
Lane Chandler    ...     Dick Forrest
George Montgomery    ...     Jim Clark (as George Letz)
John Merton    ...     Henchman Kester
Sammy McKim    ...     Sammy
Tom London    ...     Henchman Felton
Ray Bennett    ...     Henchman Taggart

CHAPTERS:
1. Hi-Yo Silver!
2. Thundering Earth
3. The Pitfall
4. Agent of Treachery
5. The Steaming Cauldron
6. Red Man's Courage
7. Wheels of Disaster
8. Fatal Treasure
9. The Missing Spur
10. Flaming Fury
11. The Silver Bullet
12. Escape
13. The Fatal Plunge
14. Messengers of Doom
15. The Last of the Rangers

RUNNING TIME: 264 MIN