The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Release Date	May 22, 1981
Directed by	William A. Fraker
Written by	Gerald B. Derloshon Ivan Goff Michael Kane Ben Roberts William Roberts George W. Trendle
Produced by	Walter Coblenz
Studio	20th Century Fox
Preceded by	The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958)
Followed by	Lone Ranger (2013)

SynopsisEdit

Major Bartholomew "Butch" Cavendish, a former army officer court-martialed by General Ulysses S. Grant, runs a ruthless outlaw organization. In a plot to kidnap Grant, now President of the United States, and declare Texas a sovreign nation, the Cavendish Gang ambushes a group of Texas Rangers. In the ambush Captain Dan Reid and his brother John are presumably killed. John survives and is nursed back to health by Tonto, a native american whose life John had saved when they were children.

Deciding to avenge his brother's death by donning a mask and becoming the Lone Ranger, John confronts Collins, the Ranger who betrayed the group at Bryant's Gap. He learns of Cavendish's plot and sets out to stop him.

CastEdit

Lone Ranger ... Klinton Spilsbury
Tonto ... Michael Horse
Butch Cavendish ... Christopher Lloyd
Sheriff Wiatt ... Matt Clark
Amy Striker ... Juanin Clay
President Ulysses S. Grant ... Jason Robards
Captain Dan Reid ... John Bennett Perry
Collins ... David Hayward
Lucas Striker ... John Hart