The Lone Ranger
After the last surviving Texas ranger is nursed back to health by Potawatomi tribesman Tonto, the two ride together, on Silver and Scout respectively, throughout the West, doing good while they live off a silver mine that provides them with income and bullets.
- 1949-1957
- 5 seasons
- ABC
- Action & Adventure
- TV-G
After the last surviving Texas ranger is nursed back to health by Potawatomi tribesman Tonto, the two ride together, on Silver and Scout respectively, throughout the West, doing good while they live off a silver mine that provides them with income and bullets.
Season 5 Episode Guide
39 Episodes 1956 - 1957
Episode 1
The Wooden Rifle
Thu, Sep 13, 1956 23 mins
A young boy sees a man shot and killed. Things become complicated when it appears a man is being framed for the murder.
Episode 2
The Sheriff of Smoke Tree
Thu, Sep 20, 1956 30 mins
A young man with no experience takes on the position as the new law man in a town. After a rocky start a chance encounter with the Lone Ranger and some encouraging words see the young man become surprisingly good at the job
Episode 3
The Counterfeit Mask
Thu, Sep 27, 1956 23 mins
A bandit has been impersonating the Lone Ranger, tarnishing his reputation as he robs and kills innocent people. The Lone Ranger is surprised when he is arrested by an old friend, the local sheriff.
Episode 4
No Handicap
Thu, Oct 4, 1956 23 mins
The Douglas gang commit a series of violent crimes and a soon to retire sheriff is blinded during one of the robberies. The Lone Ranger attempts to try and make things right.
Episode 5
The Cross of Santo Domingo
Thu, Oct 11, 1956 25 mins
The Lone Ranger meets a monk who has just been robbed of a valuable religious relic. He with Tonto set out to capture the outlaws and return the relic to the people of Santo Domingo.
Episode 6
White Hawk's Decision
Thu, Oct 18, 1956 23 mins
The Lone Ranger and Tonto arrive at an Indian village which is in conflict after the arrival of a college educated Indian amongst them. The Lone Ranger must try to bring peace to the group and allow them to move forward in developing the country around them.
Episode 7
The Return of Don Pedro O'Sullivan
Thu, Oct 25, 1956 23 mins
When Don Pedro O'Sullivan tries to return to Mexico to battle an army colonel who is ruling his district according to his own whims, the petty dictator sends his henchmen to intercept and eliminate the aging gentleman. After thwarting one attempt on Don Pedro's life, the Lone Ranger and Tonto disguise themselves as the Don and his valet in order to lure the owlhoots into pursuing them instead. The two heroes succeed all to well, as the assassins capture them and the Don's daughter, and plan to have them all shot by a firing squad.
Episode 8
Quicksand
Thu, Nov 1, 1956 23 mins
The Lone Ranger and Tonto find an injured man who is building a school house on his own. They learn from him that the school is the project of an Indian girl who wanted to have a school for Indians. She was given $10,000 to help build the school but two men, one of whom is an Indian who worked for her, killed her and took the gold. It seems like they encountered the men previously. The Indian is still out there but the other one had been caught and is going to be hanged that day. Tonto goes to the town to get a wagon for the injured man. But the lawyer of the man who's about to be hanged, is visited by the Indian who wants him to get his partner to tell him where the gold is. The lawyer goes to see him and tries to get him to tell him where the gold is, by telling him that if he returns the gold, the school could be built that it could be his way to vindicate himself but he doesn't trust the lawyer. He sees Tonto and tells the deputy that's his partner who arrests him and puts him in the cell next to him. He says he knows he's the one who rides with the masked man, he wants to tell him where the gold is so that they could return it so that the school could be built. The lawyer who overheard their conversation, tells the Indian and they follow Tonto who tries to give them the slip but they catch up with him and the Ranger just as they find the gold which was hidden in a tree in the middle of some quick sand.
Episode 9
Quarter Horse War
Thu, Nov 8, 1956 23 mins
The Lone Ranger attends a quarter horse race and has to find a way to stop a group of Indians going on the war path after their winnings from the race are stolen.
Episode 10
The Letter Bride
Thu, Nov 15, 1956 23 mins
A Chinese laundryman who is a friend of the Ranger's, is expecting his bride from China who is arriving. But she's taken by some men in masks. Later the Ranger and Tonto arrive and learn that she was abducted by bigots who wants their friend to leave town. So they set a trap for them so they can find out who they are and hopefully where they are holding her.
Episode 11
Hot Spell in Panamint
Thu, Nov 22, 1956 23 mins
The Lone Ranger becomes involved in trying to help a sheriff who is facing down a whole gang of outlaws after one of their number is arrested.
Episode 12
The Twisted Track
Thu, Nov 29, 1956 23 mins
The Lone Ranger has to try and stop two ex Southern soldiers attempting to kill an important railroad owner who was a former Northern commander during the war.
Episode 13
Decision: Chris McKeever
Thu, Dec 6, 1956 23 mins
The Lone Ranger and Tonto capture three criminals. The problem is it is a 5 day ride to the nearest town. Somehow the pair must stay on track to the town while making sure the criminals don't try to kill them.
Episode 14
Trouble at Tylerville
Thu, Dec 13, 1956 30 mins
An ex-con tries to make good a frontier town, but many there are blindly opposed to him, including the owner of the general store and Jess Tyler, who's father founded the town. When Tyler accidentally hurts himself and leaves for a doctor, a blood stain causes the anxious townsfolk to assume the ex-con has killed him.
Episode 15
Christmas Story
Thu, Dec 20, 1956 30 mins
The Lone Ranger meets a young boy whose Christmas wish is to be re-united with his father. The Lone Ranger and Tonto go on a quest to find the boy's father and grant the boy his wish.
Episode 16
Ghost Canyon
Thu, Dec 27, 1956 22 mins
The Lone Ranger becomes involved after a number of Indians are killed while watching their cattle herd.
Episode 17
Outlaw Masquerade
Thu, Jan 3, 1957 30 mins
After the Cameron gang is captured and jailed, the question of all the gold they stole remains unanswered. Tonto agrees to pose as a convict to try an infiltrate the gang and get clues to where the gold is.
Episode 18
Avenger
Thu, Jan 10, 1957 23 mins
The Lone Ranger and Tonto arrive in Cottonwood in time to see a law reformer gunned down by an outlaw. The mood in the town is such that the Lone Ranger has to also protect the outlaw from outraged citizens, and the sheriff---the reformer's fanatical son.
Episode 19
The Courage of Tonto
Thu, Jan 17, 1957 23 mins
The Lone Ranger becomes involved in conflict between settlers and a local Indian tribe. The settlers seem intent on provoking the Indians into going to war.
Episode 20
Breaking Point
Thu, Jan 24, 1957 23 mins
The Lone Ranger encounters a riderless horse with saddlebags loaded with gold. He begins the process of backtracking events to try and discover who the person was and what has happened to him.
Episode 21
A Harp for Hannah
Thu, Jan 31, 1957 23 mins
The Lone Ranger attempts to gain justice for a man robbed by the son of a powerful ranching family
Episode 22
Message from Abe
Thu, Feb 7, 1957 23 mins
The Lone Ranger and Tonto visit Phil Beach, an ex-bandit who was sent to prison by the Ranger but has now gone straight. Beach has become a Lincoln impersonator and delivers the Gettysburg Address annually at the town's festivities dressed as Honest Abe. Beach is frustrated that Seth Hawkins, his estranged father-in-law, will not lend him the money to send his ailing wife to a prescribed six months stay at a sanatorium. When Lefty, one of his ex-gang members, shows up that day and suggests a bank robbery, Beach proposes that the bandit don the Lincoln makeup and provide him with an alibi while he robs his miserly father-in-law's hidden cache of money. The "friend" wants more than his promised share and double-crosses Beach by taking the entire haul. After Lefty falls to his death trying to get away, it would seem that Beach is in the clear. However, the Ranger had noticed that the Lincoln impersonator gestured with his left hand during the oration and suspects what has transpired. Because Beach voluntarily confesses, the parsimonious Hawkins suggests a light six month sentence would be appropriate and is reconciled with his family.
Episode 23
Code of Honor
Thu, Feb 14, 1957 23 mins
The Lone Ranger and Tonto encounter a man who seems to have just been robbed by an officer in the US cavalry. The Ranger is struggling with how such a good man become an outlaw.
Episode 24
The Turning Point
Thu, Feb 21, 1957 30 mins
A group of vigilantes corner and kill a seemingly innocent cowboy in Blue Creek. One of the townspeople contacts the Lone Ranger and asks him to try and deal with the growing power of these men.
Episode 25
Dead Eye
Thu, Feb 28, 1957 30 mins
Jake Beaudry's reputation as an outlaw attract's the attention of a famous sheriff. The sheriff is not as good as he once was and reluctantly accepts the help of the Lone Ranger.
Episode 26
Clover in the Dust
Thu, Mar 7, 1957 23 mins
A young man is found dead. His father blames another local rancher and goes on the trail of revenge. The Lone Ranger doubts the guilt of the rancher and goes on a quest to find the truth.
Episode 27
Slim's Boy
Thu, Mar 14, 1957 23 mins
The Lone Ranger is on the way to visit an old friend, Sam Masters, a renowned fast gunman and marshal. On the way he encounters an old outlaw also looking for Sam.
Episode 28
Two Against Two
Thu, Mar 21, 1957 23 mins
Vic Foley escapes from jail and the Lone Ranger gives chase. Although it would be an easy arrest the Lone Ranger hangs back hoping Foley will lead him to unrecovered gold.
Episode 29
Ghost Town Fury
Thu, Mar 28, 1957 30 mins
The Clantons break out of jail and go on a crime spree. The Lone Ranger vows to track them down, but first he must learn more about where the gang might be hiding out - "The Badlands".
Episode 30
The Prince of Buffalo Gap
Thu, Apr 4, 1957 23 mins
The Lone Ranger and Tonto are on the trail of Matt Cagle. He seems to have headed for a tiny town "Buffalo Gap" The Lone Ranger is puzzled why the man has chosen such a course of action.
Episode 31
The Law and Miss Aggie
Thu, Apr 11, 1957 23 mins
The Lone Ranger becomes involved when a group of Indians are on the way to a special government meeting are attacked by a local land owner.
Episode 32
The Tarnished Star
Thu, Apr 18, 1957 30 mins
The sheriff of Peaceful valley carries a dark secret that puts his ability to maintain the law in jeopardy.
Episode 33
Canuck
Thu, Apr 25, 1957 23 mins
Canadian settlers are being blamed by local ranchers for cattle rustling and horse stealing. The Lone Ranger must seek the truth and try and restore order to a once peaceful area.
Episode 34
Mission for Tonto
Thu, May 2, 1957 23 mins
The Lone Ranger and Tonto find a man who has been shot floating in a river. After they find out the boy's story the Ranger decides to try and bring the shooter to justice.
Episode 35
Journey to San Carlos
Thu, May 9, 1957 30 mins
The Lone Ranger and Tonto capture two renegade Indians responsible for a recent attack. Tonto points out the strange marking on their face. The Lone Ranger decides to investigate why peaceful Indians have suddenly taken to war and what the new marking on their faces mean.
Episode 36
The Banker's Son
Thu, May 16, 1957 23 mins
Tonto witnesses a murder and reports it to the local sheriff. He then tells the Lone Ranger that he thinks the sheriff is not capable of handling the investigation properly.
Episode 37
The Angel and the Outlaw
Thu, May 23, 1957 30 mins
Tonto witnesses the Calico Kid's gang rob a bank. The Lone Ranger sees it as an opportunity to catch an outlaw that has been on the run for years.
Episode 38
Blind Witness
Thu, May 30, 1957 30 mins
The Grody Brothers rob the express office in Flat Rock and are in cahoots with an unlikely ally.
Episode 39
Outlaws in Greasepaint
Thu, Jun 6, 1957 30 mins
Actors Lavinia and Dewitt Faversham are behind many robberies throughout the West, but when they arrive in Cedar Springs they might have met their match.