Meanwhile, a rich farmer known as Mr. Kilgore has a cruel plan in hand against the local Indian tribe: to provoke a war involving the natives and white ranchers.

The Lone Ranger's efforts to prevent the conflict are hampered by an internal power struggle between ailing Chief Red Hawk and the ambitious young Angry Horse.

The Masked Man and Tonto ultimately prevent the war between the ranchers and the Indians, and also defeat Angry Horse's bid to unseat Chief Red Hawk.

[5] In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Bosley Crowther wrote: "You would think that, after all these years of championing law and order on the screen and radio, not to mention television, the Lone Ranger would be pooped.

But apparently, a new team at Warners has taken over reviving the famous masked hero in all his glory in color and CinemaScope and has had at the task with the vigor of zealots inspired by a fresh idea.