{{short description|1940 film directed by William Witney & John English}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use American English|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Hi-Yo Silver | image = Hi Yo Silver lobby card.jpg | alt = | caption = Lobby card for the film | native_name = | director = William Witney<br />John English | producer = Sol C. Siegel | writer = George Worthing Yates<br />Barry Shipman<br />Franklyn Adreon<br />Ronald Davidson<br />Lois Eby | screenplay = | story = | based_on = {{Based on|the radio series, ''The Lone Ranger''|Fran Striker|George Trendle}} | starring = Lee Powell<br />Hi-Yo Silver<br />Chief Thundercloud | narrator = | music = Alberto Colombo | cinematography = William Nobles | editing = Helene Turner<br />Edward Todd | studio = Republic Pictures | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1940|4|10|''US''|ref1=<ref name=AFI>{{cite web | url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/1066 | title=Hi-Yo Silver | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate=April 30, 2018 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501005048/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/1066 | url-status=live | archivedate=May 1, 2018}}</ref>}} | runtime = 69 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = <!-- Please use condensed and rounded values, e.g. "£11.6 million" not "£11,586,221" --> }}
'''''Hi-Yo Silver''''' is a 1940 American Western film, directed by William Witney and John English. It stars Lee Powell and Chief Thundercloud and was released on April 10, 1940. The film was created by condensing the fifteen chapters of the 1938 film serial ''The Lone Ranger''.
==Plot== This 1940 feature version of the 1938 serial shows the first live depiction of the Ranger. A rag-tag band of Confederate Army deserters led by Captain Mark Smith captures, then murders Colonel Marcus Jeffries after discovering that he's a newly appointed Commissioner of Finance sent by the U.S. Treasury Department to Texas to collect taxes. Smith then assumes Jeffries identity and over time sets into play his plan to conquer Texas and rule it as a dictator. The Texas Rangers sent to investigate are ambushed, but one survives. He is nursed back to health by Tonto and swears to avenge the massacre.
==Cast list== * Lee Powell as The Lone Ranger, aka Allen King * Silver King as Silver * Chief Thundercloud as Tonto * Bruce Bennett as Bert Rogers (credited as Herman Brix) * Lynne Roberts as Joan Blanchard * Stanley Andrews as Jeffries * George Cleveland as Blanchard * William Farnum as Father McKim * Hal Taliaferro as Bob Stuart * Lane Chandler as Dick Forrest
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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0032590}} * {{TCMDb title|555533}} * {{AFI film|1066}}
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Category:1940 Western (genre) films Category:1940 films Category:American Western (genre) films Category:Films directed by William Witney Category:Films directed by John English Category:Republic Pictures films Category:Films produced by Sol C. Siegel Category:American black-and-white films Category:1940 American films Category:1940 English-language films Category:English-language Western (genre) films
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