Bad guy Butch Cavendish leads an ambush on the Texas Rangers, gunning down all but the young John Reid, a lawyer who had joined his Ranger brother, Dan, in the pursuit of Cavendish. Reid, who was injured in the attack, slowly recovers with the help of his childhood friend, the Native American Tonto. Afterward, Reid dons a mask, calls himself the Lone Ranger and begins fighting evil with Tonto.
