Episode
The Lone Ranger: Rustler's Hideout
Overview
The Vance family settles right in the middle of a war between the Madden gang and local ranches. Despite the hostility to Fred Vance over his past, he decides he will not be run off this parcel of land. The Lone Ranger believes in Fred's innocence, and asks him to help stop the ranchers riding into an ambush and then set a counter trap for the gang after rescuing the son of one of the ranchers being held hostage
Details
- Series
- The Lone Ranger
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1949-10-13
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Rustler's Hideout is Episode 5 in Season 1 of The Lone Ranger. It aired on 1949-10-13. The runtime is 30 min.
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