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.
A western based on the story "Gunsight Whitman" by Silvia Richards. Vern Haskell, a nice rancher, seeks out to revenge his fiance's death when she is killed during a robbery. His revenge leads him to Chuck-a-luck, Altar Keane's ranch set up to hide criminals, and he finds more than he bargains for. Written by Andre'a M. Thompson
