- Tortilla Flat (film)
Infobox Film
name = Tortilla Flat
image size = 200px
caption = Promotional movie poster for the film
director =Victor Fleming
producer =Sam Zimbalist
writer =John Lee Mahin Benjamin Glazer
from the novel byJohn Steinbeck
starring =Spencer Tracy Hedy Lamarr John Garfield Frank Morgan Akim Tamiroff
music =Frank Loesser Franz Waxman
cinematography =Karl W. Freund
editing =
distributor =Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released =May 21 ,1942
runtime = 105 min.
country =USA
awards =
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:50492
imdb_id = 0035460"Tortilla Flat" is a
1942 film withSpencer Tracy ,Hedy Lamarr ,John Garfield ,Frank Morgan ,Akim Tamiroff , andSheldon Leonard based on the novel byJohn Steinbeck . It was directed byVictor Fleming .Plot
Danny (John Garfield) inherits two houses, so Pilon (Spencer Tracy) and his poor, idle friends move in. One of them, Pirate, (Frank Morgan) is saving money which Pilon endeavors to steal, until he discovers that it is being collected to purchase a golden candlestick for Pirate's dead dog, which he intends to burn for St. Francis. One of the houses burns down, so Danny allows his friends to move into the other house with him, and in gratitude Pilon tries to make life better for his friend. Things are fine at first until Danny's passion for a lovely girl (Hedy Lamarr) causes him to actually go to work. A misunderstanding caused by Pilon about a vacuum cleaner causes Danny to lose it; he becomes drunk and a bit crazy. He almost dies in an accident in the cannery but through Pilon's prayers, is restored to health. He then marries his sweetheart with the promise that he will become a fisherman now that Pilon has found the money to buy a boat.The happy ending is quite different from the novel's ending in which Danny dies after a fall, and is totally in keeping with the optimisitic, feel-good, MGM movies of that time.
Cast
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Spencer Tracy as Pilon
*Hedy Lamarr as Dolores Ramirez
*John Garfield as Daniel Alvarez
*Frank Morgan as The Pirate
*Akim Tamiroff as Pablo
*Sheldon Leonard as Tito Ralph
*John Qualen as Jesus Maria Corcoran
*Donald Meek as Paul D. Cummings
*Connie Gilchrist as Mrs. Torelli
*Allen Jenkins as Big Joe Portagee
*Henry O' Neill as Father Juan Ramon
*Mercedes Ruffino as Mrs. Marellis
*Nina Campana as Senora Teresina Cortez
*Arthur Space as Mr. Brown
*Betty Wells as Cesca
*Harry Burns as TorelliAwards
* Best Supporting Actor (nomination) -
Frank Morgan External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035460/ Tortilla Flat] at the IMDB
*tcmdb title | id=3528 | title=Tortilla Flat
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