Chad Michael Murray | The Lone Ranger

• Genre: Western, Action
• Based on: Lone Ranger by Fran Striker Jr., George W. Trendle
• Written by: Stacy Title and Jonathan Penner
• Directed by: Jack Bender
• Starring: Chad Michael Murray, Nathaniel Arcand
• Theme music composer: Roger Neill
• Producers: Susanne Daniels, Mel Efros, Eric Ellenbogen
• Cinematography: Steven Fierberg
• Editors: Luis Colina, Mark Melnick
• Running time: 120 minutes
• Production companies: TNT Productions, Turner Television, Warner Bros. Television
• Network: The WB
• Release: February 26, 2003

This version takes a look at the character in the years before he became a legend. It all begins with the introduction of Luke Hartman, a 20-year-old Boston law student who witnesses the murder of his brother, a Texas Ranger. He himself is wounded in the midst of the chaos, but is rescued by the Apache Tonto, and subsequently becomes smitten with Tonto's sister Alope. He then devotes his life to avenging the death of his brother and fighting injustice, and in the process becoming a worldwide legend.