The Lone Ranger
The Tell-Tale Bullet
TV Flash files “The Tell-Tale Bullet” as hour 162 of 221 in the TV Flash guide — The Lone Ranger (1949–1957) on ABC, season 4, episode 32, aired 1955-04-14, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E32: listed hour 162 of 221 in the The Lone Ranger guide, hour 32 of 52 in season 4. It aired 1955-04-14 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Trigger Finger” (S04E31). Next is “False Accusation” (S04E33).
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Tell-Tale Bullet sit in the The Lone Ranger guide?
S04E32 is listed hour 162 of 221 — hour 32 of 52 in season 4, season 4 episode 32.
When did The Lone Ranger S04E32 air?
The Tell-Tale Bullet aired 1955-04-14 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Clayton Moore opposite Jay Silverheels — the silhouette the merch was built on — and let the William Tell Overture do the rest.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Lone Ranger is Hi-Yo Silver, a silver bullet, and the William Tell Overture as kids'-western liturgy. Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels defined masked justice for a merchandising generation. Watch it now as the purest children's western brand of early TV — plus the casting-war lore of John Hart's brief mask.
Flash: a mask, a silver bullet, and the *William Tell* Overture already louder than whoever is trying to call this kids' western a text. ABC, 1949–1957, after a long-running radio drama: Clayton Moore as the masked former Texas Ranger, Jay Silverheels as Tonto, 221 episodes across five seasons of black-and-white justice with merchandising in the wings. Hi-Yo Silver was not a whisper. It was lunchbox scripture. The museum guard can catalog the silhouette. The rope line was already selling the mask.
Filed against
- Clayton Moore as The Lone Ranger
Clayton Moore played the Lone Ranger — Hi-Yo Silver, a silver bullet, the William Tell Overture as kids'-western liturgy. Jay Silverheels beside him, masked justice for a merchandising generation. TV Flash files him as 1950s children's…
- Jay Silverheels as Tonto
Jay Silverheels’s Tonto made The Lone Ranger a two-person liturgy — Hi-Yo Silver, a silver bullet, the William Tell Overture as kids’-western scripture. Clayton Moore beside him, merchandising as a generation’s justice. TV Flash files him…
- John Hart as The Lone Ranger (replacement seasons)
John Hart wore the mask in The Lone Ranger’s replacement seasons — Hi-Yo Silver, a silver bullet, the William Tell Overture as kids’-western liturgy. Clayton Moore defined the brand; Hart is the casting-war footnote that still rode. TV…