Tortilla Flat (film)
6.6 /10 1 Votes
Duration Language English | 6.4/10 Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 21, 1942 (1942-05-21) (United States) Writer Screenplay John Steinbeck, John Lee Mahin, Benjamin Glazer Cast (Pilon), (Dolores Ramirez), (Daniel Alvarez), (le pirate), (Pablo), (Tito Ralph) Similar movies Captain Phillips , Blood Diamond , The Postman , Undertow , Snow Falling on Cedars , The Deep Tagline OH, THE THINGS THEY DO IN TORTILLA FLAT! |
Tortilla flat original theatrical trailer
Tortilla Flat is a 1942 film with Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield, Frank Morgan, Akim Tamiroff, and Sheldon Leonard based on the novel by John Steinbeck. It was directed by Victor Fleming.
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- Tortilla flat original theatrical trailer
- Tortilla flat 1942 official trailer spencer tracy hedy lamarr movie hd
- Plot
- Cast
- Reception
- Critical response
- Nominations
- References

Tortilla flat 1942 official trailer spencer tracy hedy lamarr movie hd
Plot

Danny (John Garfield) inherits two houses in the central coastal area of California, 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 which he intends to burn for St. Francis to honor the Pirate's dead dog. 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 in a fishing business. A misunderstanding caused by Pilon about a vacuum cleaner Danny had bought for the girl, enrages Danny; he becomes drunk and a bit crazy. He almost dies in an accident while interrupting the girl at her work in a 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.
Cast

Reception

According to MGM records the film earned $1,865,000 at the US and Canadian box office and $746,000 elsewhere, making the studio a profit of $542,000.
Critical response

Film critic Bosley Crowther gave the film a positive review, writing that the film "is really a little idyll which turns its back on a workaday world...it is filled with solid humor and compassion—and that is pleasant, even for folks who have to work."
Nominations


References
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