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The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
Directed by William A. Fraker
“The untold story of the man behind the mask, and the legend behind the man.”
Action, Adventure, Western · 1h 38m
When the young Texas Ranger, John Reid, is the sole survivor of an ambush arranged by the militaristic outlaw leader, Butch Cavendich, he is rescued by an old childhood Comanche friend, Tonto. When he recovers from his wounds, he dedicates his life to fighting the evil that Cavendich represents. To this end, John Reid becomes the great masked western hero, The Lone Ranger. With the help of Tonto, the pair go to rescue President Grant when Cavendich takes him hostage.
Cast
Klinton Spilsbury
The Lone Ranger / John Reid
Christopher Lloyd
Maj. Bartholomew 'Butch' Cavendish
Matt Clark
Sheriff Wiatt
Juanin Clay
Amy Striker
Jason Robards
President Ulysses S. Grant
John Bennett Perry
Ranger Captain Dan Reid
David Hayward
Ranger Collins
Richard Farnsworth
Wild Bill Hickok
Michael Horse
Tonto
Marc Gilpin
Young John Reid
John Hart
Lucas Striker
Lincoln Tate
Gen. George A. Custer
Crew
- Director
- William A. Fraker
- Screenplay
- Ben Roberts, Ivan Goff, William Roberts, Michael Kane
- Director of Photography
- László Kovács
- Original Music Composer
- John Barry
- Editor
- Thomas Stanford
- Producer
- Walter Coblenz, Lew Grade, Jack Wrather
Details
- Release date
- 1981-08-06
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Western
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- ITC Entertainment, Wrather Productions, Martin Starger Productions
- Budget
- $18,000,000
- Box office
- $2,945,600