The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
- Starring:
- Klinton Spilsbury, Michael Horse, (more)
- Director(s):
- William A. Fraker
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Westerns
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An orphan grows up to become an Old West legend as the story of the Lone Ranger comes to the big screen in this western saga featuring Christopher Lloyd and Jason Robards. Orphaned as a young boy, John Reid struck up a lifelong friendship with a loyal Indian boy named Tonto. Years later, Reid has become a lawyer and returned to the west in order to ensure that vicious murderers such as the Cavendish gang are brought to justice. Having previously murdered Reid's parents, the Cavendish gang proves that they still rule this lawless land when they launch an ambush that leaves the lawyer serious wounded and his Texas Ranger brother dead. Nursed back to health by his old friend Tonto, Reid dons a mask and sets out to pursue justice anonymously atop his faithful horse Silver. His timing couldn't be better, either, because the Cavendish gang is about to carry out their most ambitious misdeed to date by kidnapping President Ulysses S. Grant (Robards). Upon learning that the president has been abducted by the most violent gang in the Wild West, the Lone Ranger sets out to settle an old score while rescuing the man who will steer the fate of a nation. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Klinton Spilsbury - The Lone Ranger
- Christopher Lloyd - Cavendish
- Juanin Clay - Amy Striker
- John Bennett Perry - Dan Reid
- John Hart - Lucas Striker
- Lincoln Tate - George Armstrong Custer
- James Bowman - Gambler
- John Shepherd Reid
- Bill Hart - Carner
- Henry Wills - Little
- Buck Taylor - Robert Edward Gattlin
- David Bennett - Gen. Rodriguez
- Ben Bates - Post
- Larry Randles - Stacy
- Mike Adams - Palmer
- Patrick Mantoya - Young Tonto
- Robert Hoy - Perimutter
- Joe Finnegan - Westlake
- Ted Gehring - Dale Wesley Stillwell
- Michael Horse - Tonto
- Matt Clark - Sheriff Wiatt
- Jason Robards, Jr. - Ulysses S. Grant
- David Hayward - Collins
- Richard Farnsworth - Wild Bill Hickok
- Marc Gilpin - Young John Reid
- Greg Walker - Rankin
- Terry J. Leonard - Valentine
- Bennie E. Dobbins - Lopez
- Rick Traeger - German
- Jeff Ramsey - Alcott
- Clay Boss - Shotgun
- R.L. Tolbert - Stagecoach Driver
- Chere Bryson - Mrs. Reid
- Ted White - Reid
- Tom Laughlin - Neeley
- Chuck Hayward - Wald
- Theodore J. Flicker - Buffalo Bill Cody
- Director(s):
- William A. Fraker
- Writer(s):
- Mike Kane, Ivan Goff, William Roberts
- Producer(s):
- Walter Coblenz, Martin Starger
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Violence, Adult Language, Questionable for Children)
- Categories:
- Westerns
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