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

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This second theatrical-feature spin-off of TV's Lone Ranger series stars, as ever, Clayton Moore as the Masked Rider of the Plains and Jay Silverheels as his faithful Indian companion Tonto. This time around, the plot concerns five silver medallions. When placed together, these tiny hunks of silver… More This second theatrical-feature spin-off of TV's Lone Ranger series stars, as ever, Clayton Moore as the Masked Rider of the Plains and Jay Silverheels as his faithful Indian companion Tonto. This time around, the plot concerns five silver medallions. When placed together, these tiny hunks of silver reveal the location of the titular Lost City of Gold. The owners of three of the medallions have already been killed by the mystery villain; it's up to the Lone Ranger and Tonto to save the other two owners -- Douglas Kennedy and little Noreen Nash -- from harm. Unfortunately, the bloom was (temporarily) off the rose for the Lone Ranger franchise, and Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold ended up in the red. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 20 min.
Directed By: Lesley Selander
Genres: Western, Classics

In Theaters: Dec 15, 1958 Wide
On DVD: Mar 28, 2006

Critic Reviews

Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
OK Lone Ranger western, but inferior to great Clayton Moore first Ranger feature.
James Kendrick, Q Network Film Desk
suffers from ... lack of imagination and limited scope

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James K

In this one, they tried to play to comic book/scifi fans by having the story involve a meteorite which struck a Spanish camp and saved an Indian village long ago. However, they did a good job in maintaining western style action while only tipping their hat to scifi.