Mark of the Renegade (1951) DVD-R

Starring Ricardo Montalban, Cyd Charisse, J. Carrol Naish, Gilbert Roland,
Andrea King, George Tobias
Directed by Hugo Fregonese

Print: color
Runtime: 81 min.
Genre: adventure
Print Quality: C+

MGM's Ricardo Montalban and Cyd Charisse were loaned to Universal for
the Technicolor period piece Mark of the Renegade. Set in 19th-century
California, the film stars Montalban as Marcos, in league with a band of
pirates. Marcos falls into the hands of Don Pedro Garcia (Gilbert Roland),
a despot who hopes to become dictator of California. Planning to force
the cooperation of benevolent politico Jose De Vasquez (Antonio
Moreno), Garcia orders Marcos to court De Vasquez' comely daughter
Anita (Cyd Charisse). It soon develops that Marcos is not the criminal he
appears to be, and that he is dedicated to the vanquishing of the evil
Garcia. Somehow, Mark of the Renegade finds an excuse for Cyd
Charisse to perform a bewitching dance number.