The Mark of the Renegade

Mark of the Renegade
Mark of the Renegade
Directed by	Hugo Fregonese
Screenplay by	Robert Hardy Andrews; Louis Solomon
Based on	Don Renegade; by Johnston McCulley
Produced by	Jack J. Gross
Starring	Ricardo Montalban; Cyd Charisse
Cinematography	Charles P. Boyle
Edited by	Frank Gross
Music by	Frank Skinner
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	July 24, 1951 (Los Angeles); August 2, 1951 (New York City);
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Mark of the Renegade is a 1951 American Technicolor adventure western film directed by Hugo Fregonese starring Ricardo Montalban and Cyd Charisse.^[1] The film is based on the novel Don Renegade by Johnston McCulley, and is set in Mexican-ruled Los Angeles in the 1820s.

Plot

In 1825, after fleeing a pirate ship, Marcos Zappa is taken to meet Don Pedro Garcia, whose ambition is to be emperor of California for the Republic of Mexico. Able to blackmail Marcos because of an "R" mark hidden beneath his bandanna permanently identifying Marcos as a renegade and traitor, Garcia schemes to have Marcos seduce and marry Manuella, the daughter of his rival, Jose de Marquez, having been rejected as a suitor himself.

Manuella is already engaged to be married to Miguel De Gandara. A gambling-house owner, Anita Gonzales, in league with Garcia, is angry when Marcos fails to succumb to her charms. Manuella is attracted to Marcos but not sure how much to trust him. He reveals the "R" brand as a demonstration of good faith. They spend a night together, whereupon her father insists they marry.

At the wedding, Miguel jealously challenges Marcos to a duel. Anita then exposes Marcos as a disloyal renegade, only to have it revealed that the "R" brand has been faked, with Marcos working undercover to unearth Garcia's treachery. In a sword fight, Marcos kills Garcia, then is free to marry Manuella.

Cast

Ricardo Montalban as Marcos Zappa
Cyd Charisse as Manuella de Vasquez
J. Carrol Naish as Luis
Gilbert Roland as Don Pedro Garcia
Andrea King as Anita Gonzales
George Tobias as Captain Bardoso
Antonio Moreno as Jose De Vasquez
Georgia Backus as Duenna Concepcion
Robert Warwick as Colonel Vega
Armando Silvestre as Miguel De Gandara

References

^ Blottner p.157

Bibliography

Blottner, Gene. Universal-International Westerns, 1947–1963: The Complete Filmography. McFarland, 2000.

External links

The Mark of the Renegade at IMDb

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[1] Blottner p.157

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