Question: The movie The Mark of the Renegade starring Cyd Charisse is based on which novel? 
Context: Cyd Charisse (born Tula Ellice Finklea; March 8, 1922 – June 17, 2008) was an American dancer and actress. Gingerbread (2002) is an award-winning book, first in a teen novel/series written by Rachel Cohn.  The book is about "Cyd Charisse", a punk girl who lives in San Francisco with her parents Nancy and Sid, and siblings Ashley and Josh, and her surf-crossed lover Shrimp.  She goes to NYC to try to find out about her father and family.  The next two books in this young-adult series are "Shrimp" (2005) and "Cupcake" (2008). Two Weeks in Another Town is a 1962 drama film based on a novel by Irwin Shaw, directed by Vincente Minnelli, and starring Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson, Cyd Charisse, Claire Trevor, Daliah Lavi, George Hamilton, and Rosanna Schiaffino. The Harvey Girls is a 1946 MGM musical film based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Samuel Hopkins Adams, about Fred Harvey's famous Harvey House waitresses.  Directed by George Sidney, the film stars Judy Garland and features John Hodiak, Ray Bolger, and Angela Lansbury, as well as Preston Foster, Virginia O'Brien, Kenny Baker, Marjorie Main and Chill Wills.  Future star Cyd Charisse appears in her first film speaking role on film. The Oak Street Cinema was a small, single-screen movie theater in the Stadium Village neighborhood of Minneapolis, MN near the University of Minnesota campus.  The theater played both first-run independent films and repertory showings, including retrospectives of such filmmakers as Ingmar Bergman, Michelangelo Antonioni, Akira Kurosawa and others, as well as genre-based retrospectives.  It had also been home to several local film festivals, including the Minneapolis-St.  Paul International Film Festival.  The theater has hosted visits from several well-known filmmakers and celebrities, such as Terry Gilliam, Michael Moore, Peter Fonda, Cyd Charisse, and many others. The Mark of the Renegade is a 1951 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Hugo Fregonese starring Ricardo Montalban and Cyd Charisse.  The film is based on a novel by Johnston McCulley, and is set in Mexican-ruled Los Angeles in the 1820s. Five Golden Hours is a 1961 Italian-British comedy film directed by Mario Zampi and written by Hans Wilhelm, starring Ernie Kovacs, Cyd Charisse and George Sanders, and featuring Dennis Price and John Le Mesurier. Something's Got to Give is an unfinished 1962 American feature film, directed by George Cukor for Twentieth Century-Fox and starring Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin and Cyd Charisse.  A remake of "My Favorite Wife" (1940), a screwball comedy starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, it was Monroe's last work, but from the beginning its production was disrupted by her personal troubles, and after her death on August 5, 1962, the film was abandoned.  Most of its completed footage remained unseen for many years. Twilight for the Gods is a 1958 American Eastmancolor adventure film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Rock Hudson and Cyd Charisse.  The story is based on the novel "Twilight for the Gods" by Ernest K. Gann. The Kissing Bandit is a 1949 film starring Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson.  The supporting cast includes Ricardo Montalban, Ann Miller, and Cyd Charisse.  The movie was directed by Laslo Benedek.
Answer: a novel by Johnston McCulley