Rancho Notorious
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Rancho Notorious | |
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Directed by | Fritz Lang |
Produced by | Howard Welsch |
Written by | Daniel Taradash |
Starring | Marlene Dietrich Arthur Kennedy Mel Ferrer |
Music by | Ken Darby Emil Newman |
Cinematography | Hal Mohr |
Editing by | Otto Ludwig |
Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
Release date(s) | 1952 |
Running time | 89min |
IMDb profile |
Rancho Notorious is a 1952 Western film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Marlene Dietrich as the matron of a criminal hideout called Chuck-a-Luck. Arthur Kennedy and Mel Ferrer compete for her attention in this campy tale of frontier revenge. The film was originally titled The Legend of Chuck-a-Luck, but the name was changed to Rancho Notorious at the insistence of Howard Hughes, then head of RKO Pictures. The Cherokee actor Chief Tahachee makes a memorable guest appearance as one of the Chuck-a-Luck henchman.