Characters & Themes
The Lone Ranger (1938) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1938 · 264 mins · English
- Directed by
- William Witney, John English
- Starring
- Billy Bletcher, Bruce Bennett, Frank McGlynn Sr., Iron Eyes Cody, Billy Jones, William Farnum
In 1865, ex-Confederate Captain Mark Smith leads deserters to seize Texas and rule it. He murders Finance Commissioner Colonel Marcus Jeffries, assumes his identity, and his lieutenant Snead ambushes the Rangers, killing all but one wounded survivor. Tonto nurses the ranger back to health, and he vows revenge on the impostor ‘Colonel Jeffries’.
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