S1.E34

Rifles and Renegades

Name: Rifles and Renegades
Genre: Western
Released: 1950-05-04
Duration: 23 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Robert Kent

Episode aired May 4, 1950
TV-G
23m

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

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Robert Bice, Rus Conklin, I. Stanford Jolley, and Jay Silverheels in The Lone Ranger (1949)

Western

The Lone Ranger comes across a skirmish between an army patrol and a renegade group of Indians. The Lone Ranger helps fight the Indians off but is concerned they were using weapons that only... Read allThe Lone Ranger comes across a skirmish between an army patrol and a renegade group of Indians. The Lone Ranger helps fight the Indians off but is concerned they were using weapons that only could have come from the nearby Army fort. He decides he needs to know how they got the w... Read allThe Lone Ranger comes across a skirmish between an army patrol and a renegade group of Indians. The Lone Ranger helps fight the Indians off but is concerned they were using weapons that only could have come from the nearby Army fort. He decides he needs to know how they got the weapons.

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IMDb RATING

7.9/10

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Two Lone Rangers In One Episode

The Ranger and Tonto are investigating reports of Indians armed with the latest Springfield rifles ambushing cavalry patrols. After rescuing Lt Haines and his small patrol from some renegades, the Ranger suspects someone at Fort Maddox of selling army rifles to the renegades. Storekeeper Asa Jones is in cahoots with post commander Major Jones to run guns to the Indians. But how to prove it?

John Hart makes his first LR appearance as an unnamed sergeant. He has a few scenes with Clayton Moore as The Ranger. For season 3, Hart replaced Moore as The Ranger when Moore asked for a salary increase. But the audience wouldn't accept Hart as the masked man and Moore returned the following season, presumably at a higher salary. Clayton Moore and John Hart were good friends and their friendship continued even though Hart took Moore's job for one season.

This is a very good episode, made truly memorable as the first LR appearance of John Hart.

Trivia
This is the first appearance for John Hart in the Lone Ranger series, as the Guard. He would appear once more in a supporting role as Duke in "Sheriff at Gunstock." Starting as The Lone Ranger in Season 3, on Sep. 11, 1952, after Clayton Moore left in a contract dispute. Moore would return for Season 4 on Sep. 9, 1954.

Quotes
[last lines]
Sergeant of the Guard: Say, Lieutenant, what is that masked man name? I've never seen the likes of him before.
Lieutenant Haines: He's the Lone Ranger.