We begin in the title character’s roots: Reid was raised by a tribe of Indians, and his best friend, who had saved his life, is Tonto himself. Klinton Spilsbury as John Reid aka The Lone Ranger But what makes this unfairly maligned film work is a lean, tight, enjoyable script. Meanwhile a sporadic narration by country singer Merle Haggard feels like a prolonged DUKES OF HAZZARD episode (channeling Waylon Jennings)… Since the tale’s told clearly enough, The Balladeer’s input is unnecessary. While James Keach has a delivery befitting the grungy genre (he played Jesse James in THE LONG RIDERS), there's a contrived echoing tone to the voice-over, making Reid sound like a breathy wraith compared to the other characters… perhaps, given the storyline, this was intentional – it’s the synthetically tacked-on grunts and groans during fight scenes that are really distracting.
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Given that, the square-jawed Spilsbury does a good job as a confident yet brooding John Reid, donning the mask like the dashing hero generations grew up watching on TV and before that, listened to on radio. Perhaps the decision to replace his voice with James Keach was too much for a young actor to take after all, voice is more than half the performance.ĭavid Hayward's traitor Collins answers to Klinton Spilsbury as The Lone Ranger
Fraker, with terrific old school “Cowboy Picture” cinematography by László Kovács and plenty of shootouts, he descended into obscurity and never appeared in another project, anywhere.
After starring in this 1981 film directed by William A. Spilsbury has become somewhat of a cinematic enigma. It’s the week of THE LONE RANGER reboot, in which Johnny Depp plays a quirky Tonto to Armie Hammer’s annoying doofus John Reid, who reluctantly wears the thin black mask and is scolded for eventually speaking the famous line, “Hi Ho Silver, away!” Well Klinton Spilsbury’s far more serious and daringly adventurous lawyer turned justice-seeker has no problem spouting that and other unapologetically pulpy dialogue, but alas, it’s not even the actor’s voice. Year: 1981 cast: Klinton Spilsbury, Michael Horse, Christopher Lloyd, Matt Clark, Jason Robards rating: ***
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