Chuck Courtney makes the first of his fifteen LR appearances as Dan Reid, The Lone Ranger's nephew. On a stagecoach heading west, Dan and new friend Carlos swap clothes so that Dan can impersonate Carlos when they first meet Carlos' sheep herding grandfather. He wants the grandfather to like him as a person before knowing who he really is. The stage is held up. Dan is mistakenly kidnapped as Carlos and held for ransom. Carlos is wounded but is found by the Ranger and Tonto. They will have to hunt down the kidnappers and free Dan. Chuck Courtney had a long career in Hollywood and was a good friend of Robert Fuller, whom he helped get his start in movies and TV. In later years, Chuck suffered a series of debilitating strokes and he committed suicide by gunshot in 2000.
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What happened?
pensman10 November 2014
Warning: Spoilers
What happened? On this episode Mexicans are treated with respect and are depicted as equals. More than equals as Carlos Medrano is supposedly kidnapped in an attempt to swindle and bankrupt his grandfather. Actually the demand $25,000 which would be about $250.000 in 2014 dollars. Not concerned with the plot per se but the depiction of Hispanics in kids TV shows of the 50's. Usually they had positive images and the gringos— White bandits—had the negative images. And of course you had competing heroes with TV shows like the Cisco Kid and Zorro. I remember these shows well but today where are those positive depictions? Unfortunately in watching the Lone Ranger, it is Tonto who gets no respect: he's a dumb Injun or Redskin, etc. His treatment helps me understand why there is a movement to have the Redskins football team change their name. Oh, and the Lone Ranger does save the day and the evil Jack Brandon (Russ Conway) is defeated.
The big switch-a-roo
mitchrmp19 May 2014
In this episode of The Lone Ranger, two young men are traveling on a stage together. One's Mexican and another is a cowboy. The two decide to trade clothes as a gag, but soon after the stagecoach is head up. One boy is shot while the other is kidnapped and held for ransom. Here's the clincher - the wrong one is kidnapped! Now it's Up to TLR to rescue the young man who's been kidnapped and getting the other home where he belongs.
It seems that Tonto is always having to do the leg work and gets kidnapped in almost every episode. There's always a fight that takes place with that awful music and cheesy fight scenes. But I'm really enjoying these simple-made episodes.
It seems that Tonto is always having to do the leg work and gets kidnapped in almost every episode. There's always a fight that takes place with that awful music and cheesy fight scenes. But I'm really enjoying these simple-made episodes.
The Lone Ranger Comes To The Rescue
StrictlyConfidential10 July 2021
Warning: Spoilers
"Sheep Thieves" (episode 22) was first aired on television February 9, 1950.
Anyway - As the story goes - Dan Reid's troubles begin when a gang of rustlers mistake him for Charles Medrano, the grandson of a wealthy sheep rancher.
Anyway - As the story goes - Dan Reid's troubles begin when a gang of rustlers mistake him for Charles Medrano, the grandson of a wealthy sheep rancher.
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