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The Legend of the Lone Ranger is a 1981 American Western adventure film directed by William A. Fraker and starring Klinton Spilsbury, Michael Horse and Christopher Lloyd. It is based on the story of The Lone Ranger, a Western character created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker.
The Lone Ranger is an American Western television series that aired on the ABC Television network from 1949 to 1957, with Clayton Moore in the starring role. Jay Silverheels , a member of the Mohawk Aboriginal people in Canada, played The Lone Ranger's Indian companion Tonto .
Following her leading role in Seven Miles from Alcatraz (1942), director Edward Dmytryk, soon cast her in RKO's World War II anti-Nazism film Hitler's Children (1943). The film was a commercial and critical success, becoming one of the studio's highest-grossing films of the year, and one of the highest-grossing for both RKO and 1943.
At the time of the 1981 release of the film The Legend of the Lone Ranger, the company that owned the rights to the character, Wrather Corp., filed a lawsuit and obtained a court injunction to prevent Clayton Moore from appearing as the Lone Ranger, [41] and then gave a cameo to his TV replacement, John Hart. The film itself was a critical and ...
The Legend of the Lone Ranger was the only film Spilsbury made. [8] The film was savaged by critics and was a box office disappointment. For his performance in this film, Spilsbury received the 1981 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor.
In 1981, she appeared in The Legend of the Lone Ranger, and in 1983, she had a small role in WarGames. [7] In 1985, she played Jacqueline Kennedy in the miniseries Robert Kennedy and His Times . She was a founding member of the New York Acting Unit, a Shakespearean repertory group, and the co-author, producer, and director of King of the City ...
The Legend of the Lone Ranger was released in 1981, was panned by critics, and earned only $12 million at the box office, two-thirds of the film's budget. The legal proceedings between Moore and Wrather dragged on until 1984, when Wrather suddenly dropped the lawsuit permitting Moore to again make public appearances as the Lone Ranger; Wrather ...
The Lone Ranger is a 2013 American Western action film directed by Gore Verbinski and written by Justin Haythe, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. Based on the title character of the same name , the film stars Johnny Depp as Tonto , the narrator of the events and Armie Hammer as John Reid, the Lone Ranger .