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Writers:

Fran Striker (radio serial)
Barry Shipman (original screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

12 February 1938 (USA) more

Genre:

Western more

Tagline:

Original screen play by Barry Shipman, Franklyn Aderon, Ronald Davidson, George Worthing Yates, Lois Eby (all original posters and film credit) more

Plot:

CHAP. 1, HI YO SILVER: An outlaw leader planning to take conrol of Texas after the Civil War kills Colonel Jeffries... more | add synopsis

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User Comments:

One of the Best Serials made... more (5 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Silver King the Horse ... Silver, the Lone Ranger's Horse
Chief Thundercloud ... Tonto (as Chief Thunder-Cloud)
Lynne Roberts ... Joan Blanchard (as Lynn Roberts)
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 [Chs. 11-15]
Tom London ... Henchman Felton
Ray Bennett ... Henchman Taggart (as Raphael Bennet)
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Additional Details

Runtime:

264 min (15 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA High Fidelity Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

When the Lone Ranger calls out "Hi Yo Silver, Away" it is the voice of Earle W. Graser, the radio's Lone Ranger, heard and not the voice of either Lee Powell or Billy Bletcher. His recording of this signature cry was used even after his death and Brace Beemer had become the Lone Ranger. more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Walking Tall: The Payback (2007) (V) more


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5 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
One of the Best Serials made..., 23 October 1998
Author: JRobert from USA

."The Lone Ranger"....with Lee Powell starring along with other "Rangers"& ,you do not know who really is the masked man, until the final chapter...! But there are great production sequences of action and suspense...throughout each episode. Republic Pictures Studio knew how to make the Serials that moved fast and offered realistic action. This 15-minute super-serial has been "lost" until now, and hard-core fan-collectors could only hope that a good original print could be found and offered to the public on Video.. now if only it could be colorized...and done correctly! But... It's a winner the way it still is today!

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