Enter the Lone Ranger Epi 1<br />Episode aired Sep 15, 1949,TV-G, 30min.<br />Western<br />Ranger Reid, the sole surviving Texas Ranger of a murderous ambush, becomes the great masked hero with his companion, Tonto. Note: We do not know the first name of Ranger Reid. It is never said during the entire series.<br />The Lone Ranger is the only survivor of an ambush by the Cavendish gang on a detachment of Texas Rangers. Tonto, a childhood companion stumbles across the injured Ranger and nurses him back to health. The Lone Ranger realizes with everyone thinking he is dead; it frees him to go after any criminals he wants. To hide his identity he makes a mask from the vest of his brother, killed in the same raid<br />Director: George B. Seitz Jr.<br />Writers: George W. TrendleGeorge B. Seitz Jr.(screenplay)Fran Striker(from the radio program edited by)<br />Stars: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Glenn Strange
