{{short description|1931 film}} {{Use American English|date=October 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Hard Hombre | image = Thehardhombre.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Otto Brower | producer = M. H. Hoffman Jr. | writer = Jack Natteford | story = Jack Natteford | starring = Hoot Gibson | cinematography = Harry Neumann | editing = Mildred Johnston | studio = Allied Pictures | released = {{Film date|1931|09|20}} | runtime = 65 minutes | country = United States | language = English }}
'''''The Hard Hombre''''' is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Otto Brower and starring rodeo champion Hoot Gibson.
==Plot== A simpleton rancher is mistaken for a notorious outlaw known as ''The Hard Hombre''.
Remade as the 1937 Grand National Films ''Trailin' Trouble''.<ref name="crazed/hard-hombre-1931">{{cite web |last1=Cuddy |first1=Geno |title=the-hard-hombre-1931 |url=https://www.cinema-crazed.com/blog/2024/02/21/western-wednesdays-the-hard-hombre-1931/ |website=cinema-crazed |access-date=25 September 2025 |date=February 21, 2024}}</ref><ref name="crazed/trouble-1937">{{cite web |last1=Cuddy |first1=Geno |title=trailin-trouble-1937 |url=https://www.cinema-crazed.com/blog/2024/02/07/western-wednesdays-trailin-trouble-1937/ |website=cinema-crazed |access-date=25 September 2025 |date=February 7, 2024}}</ref>
==Cast== *Hoot Gibson as William Penn "Peaceful" Patton *Lina Basquette as Senora Martini *Mathilde Comont as Maria Romero *G. Raymond Nye as Joe Barlow *Jessie Arnold as Mrs. Patton *Christian J. Frank as Sheriff *Skeeter Bill Robbins as Slim *Frank Winkleman as The Hard Hombre
==Production== Principal photography for ''The Hard Hombre'' began on July 14, 1931, where the opening scenes were filmed at Vasquez Rocks in Angeles National Forest.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Hard Hombre (1931) – Notes|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/77370/the-hard-hombre#notes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019150215/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/77370/The-Hard-Hombre/#notes|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 19, 2015|work=American Film Institute|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=June 2, 2013}}</ref> It is one of the first films to be filmed in part at the popular rock formation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vasquez Rocks|url=http://ponderosascenery.homestead.com/vasquez.html|publisher=Bonanza: Scenery of the Ponderosa|accessdate=June 2, 2013|year=2008}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0021940|title=Hard Hombre}} *{{Internet Archive film|id=hard_hombre|name=Hard Hombre}}
{{Otto Brower}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hard Hombre}} Category:1931 films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1931 Western (genre) films Category:American Western (genre) films Category:Films directed by Otto Brower Category:1931 English-language films Category:1931 American films Category:English-language Western (genre) films
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