Mark of the Renegade is a 1951 American Adventure Western film directed by Hugo Fregonese starring Ricardo Montalbán 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.

[citation needed] 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.

A gambling-house owner, Anita Gonzales, in league with Garcia, is angry when Marcos fails to succumb to her charms.

In a sword fight, Marcos kills Garcia, then is free to marry Manuella.