The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958)

Director:

Lesley Selander

Writers:

Eric Freiwald (writer)
Robert Schaefer (writer)

Release Date:

czerwiec 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

Unmasking the West's most Fabulous Treasure!

Plot:

Three Indians are murdered. Each was wearing a medallion when he died. Together the medallions form a puzzle whose solution points to gold. |

Plot Keywords:

Gold | Chase | Tribal Chief | Seven Cities Of Cibola | Mission

Cast

Clayton Moore	...	The Lone Ranger, aka Bret Reagan
Jay Silverheels	...	Tonto
Douglas Kennedy	...	Ross Brady
Charles Watts	...	Sheriff Oscar Matthison
Noreen Nash	...	Mrs. Frances 'Fran' Henderson
Ralph Moody	...	Padre Vincente Esteban
Lisa Montell	...	Paviva
John Miljan	...	Chief Tomache
Dean Fredericks	...	Dr. James Rolfe (as Norman Fredric)
Maurice Jara	...	Redbird
William Henry	...	Henchman Travers (as Bill Henry)
Lane Bradford	...	Henchman Wilson

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | USA:Approved (PCA #18863) | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Company:

Wrather Productions

Trivia:

Last time Clayton Moore starred in a movie/TV production as the Lone Ranger.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In an early scene at the opening, an Indian is shot by one of the hooded raiders, and in a close up, there's blood on his shirt but no bullet hole.

Movie Connections:

Follows Hi-Yo Silver (1940)

Soundtrack:

William Tell Overture

Lone Ranger and Tonto vs. Hooded Raiders

The Lone Ranger & Tonto set out to bring to justice a band of hooded raiders who have killed three Indians for what appears at first to be no apparent reason..that is until the Lone Ranger discovers from a conversation with the Indian Chief Tomache that each man possessed a medallion. The five medallions given by Tomache to his friends as gifts we later learn when combined will provide the mastermind behind the hooded raiders with a map to a legendary lost city of gold. Can the Lone Ranger protect the remaining two individuals in possession of the medallions before the hooded raiders get their hands on it? Is there really a lost city of gold somewhere upon native land?

Watching this, I kept knowing what was going to happen beforehand and everything seemed really familiar until eventually I realized I had seen this exact same movie when I was but a little kid..suddenly the memories flooded back and I remembered having quite a fun time as a child enjoying this one with a bunch of my friends. As an adult though, the plot is somewhat predictable but you know this, while not quite in the same league as the 1956 film, remains a lot of fun to watch. Clayton Moore is perfect as the Lone Ranger and Jay Silverwheels as Tonto steals a lot of this movie as he's probably in more action scenes than even the Lone Ranger. There's some very familiar faces on hand here including Douglas Kennedy as Ross Brady, headman of the Hooded Raiders gang, Charles Watts as a bigoted Sheriff, and Ralph Moody as a kindly Padre.