clayton moore make his last official appearance on screen a the masked man in director lesley selander epic adventure the lone ranger and the lost city of gold and co star jay silverheels a his faithful indian scout tonto . selander be an old hand at helm western during his 40 year in film and television with over a 100 western to his directorial credit . this fast pace horse opera embrace a revisionist perspective in it depiction of native american that have be gradually gain acceptance since 1950 in hollywood oaters after director delmar daves blaze the trail with the james stewart western break arrow . racial intolerance figure a the primary theme in the robert schaefer and eric freiwald screenplay . have write 13 episode of the lone ranger television series and schaefer and freiwald each be thoroughly familiar with the formula and but they raise the stake for this theatrical outing . our vigilante hero ride to the rescue of indian who be be murder by hooded white hombre for no apparent reason . the mystery about the identity of these assassin and the reason behind their homicidal behavior be reveal fairly early so that you do not have to guess what be happen . although the violence in this selander saga appear tame by contemporary standard and the fact that the lone ranger shoot a bad guy to kill in one scene rather than wind and that a dastardly dame slay a double crossing accomplice by hurl a tomahawk that sink into his back between his shoulder blade be pretty audacious . the television series never go to this length and and when the lone ranger wield his six gun and he shoot the gun out of the villain fist rather than blow him away . the other discrepancy here be the indian lynch one of the raider and torture him for information and but they be never bring up on charge from abduct this henchman . douglas kennedy do not have the villainous statue of lyle bettger who menace the masked man in director stuart heisler the lone ranger and but he acquit himself well enough a a cowardly outlaw who kill one of his own henchman without a qualm when the miscreant threaten to divulge his name and the identity of his crony to a band of vengeful indian . the lone ranger and the lost city of gold open with a recap of the masked protagonist origin a an ambushed texas ranger and his transformation into the lone ranger with tonto serve a his sidekick . this opening two minute refresher be an excellent way to get a series orient character off to a start so that everybody and include non lone ranger fan and be on equal footing . the primary plot about a gang of ruthless white wear hood and callednot surprisinglythe hooded raider begin with them kill indian and steal medallion wear around their neck . the lone ranger and tonto arrive too late to intervene and but they find a baby hide nearby . take the baby and the dead indian and they ride to a nearby spanish mission supervise by padre vincente esteban ( ralph moody of the outsider ) and turn the infant and body over to him . initially and the padre have to assure an indian maiden and paviva ( lisa montell of gaby ) and that the masked man mean them no harm and be their friend . padre sends tonto off to town to fetch the doctor and dr. james rolfe ( dean frederick of gun fever ) and and tonto promptly run into trouble in the form of the paunchy town lawman and sheriff oscar matthison ( charles watt of giant ) and who abhors indians . tonto try to see the doctor who be treat prisoner in the sheriff jail and matthison men start to rough him up when rolfe intervenes and ride back to the mission . eventually and the lone ranger and tonto be able to capture one of the hooded raider and but an indian redbird ( maurice jara of drum beat ) and and his fellow brave abduct the henchman and take him back to their village . they stake him out and shoot arrow at him to loosen his tongue . chief villain ross brady ( douglas kennedy of hell crossroad ) and his cohort william ( lane bradford of devil canyon ) ride out to the village and brady use his winchester to kill his captured henchman . little do brady know that his henchman talk . the lone ranger and tonto arrive not long afterward and reprimand redbird for his perfidy . redbird tell them what the man say before he die and the lone ranger decide to adopt a disguise so that he can learn more . he masquerade a a gentleman bounty hunter with a mustache and faux southern accent . despite it concise 83 minute run time and the lone ranger and the lost city of gold lack neither excitement nor surprise . selander keep the action move ahead at a full gallop . the dialogue be largely expository rather than memorable a schaefer and freiwald push the plot ahead more often than spring surprise and but there be one major surprise that tie in with the good indian theme . there be also a scene where the lone ranger push his own credo about justice available for everybody under the law at a time when supreme court chief justice earl warren have embark on the high court landmark decision that recognize and mitigate against the condition surround racial segregation and civil right and separation of church and state and and police arrest procedure in the united state . one thing that differentiate the lone ranger and the lost city of gold from it predecessor be it epic scale with flashback to the age of the spanish conquistador with a slight bit of science fiction involve in the form of a destructive meteor . generally and lone ranger story confine themselves to the 19th century without drag in european history . no and the lone ranger wasn not the first movie to deal with spanish conquistador . robert d. webb the seven city of gold ( 1955 ) concern the spanish search the southwest for the eponymous place and but selander western beat gordon douglas gold of the seven saint ( 1961 ) to the screen .