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Tortilla Flat
Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed by	Victor Fleming
Produced by	Sam Zimbalist
Written by	John Lee Mahin Benjamin Glazer from the novel by John Steinbeck
Starring	Spencer Tracy Hedy Lamarr John Garfield Frank Morgan Akim Tamiroff
Music by	Frank Loesser Franz Waxman
Cinematography	Karl W. Freund
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	May 21, 1942
Running time	105 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
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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.

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Cast 2.1 Director 2.2 Writers 2.3 Credited cast 3 Awards 4 External links

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.

• Victor Fleming

• John Steinbeck (novel)

• John Lee Mahin (screenplay)

• Benjamin Glazer (screenplay)

• Spencer Tracy, Pilon

• Hedy Lamarr, Dolores Ramirez

• John Garfield, Daniel Alvarez

• Frank Morgan, Pirate

• Akim Tamiroff, Pablo

• Sheldon Leonard, Tito Ralph

• John Qualen, Jesus Maria Corcoran

• Donald Meek, Paul D. Cummings

• Connie Gilchrist, Mrs. Torelli

• Allen Jenkins, Big Joe Portagee

• Henry O' Neill, Father Juan Ramon

• Mercedes Ruffino, Mrs. Marellis

• Nina Campana, Senora Teresina Cortez

• Arthur Space, Mr. Brown

• Betty Wells, Cesca

• Harry Burns, Torelli

• Best Supporting Actor (nomination) - Frank Morgan

• Tortilla Flat at the Internet Movie Database
• Tortilla Flat at the TCM Movie Database

v • d • e Victor Fleming
1910s:	When the Clouds Roll by (with Theodore Reed)
1920s:	The Mollycoddle · Mama's Affair · Woman's Place · The Lane That Had No Turning · Red Hot Romance · Anna Ascends · Dark Secrets · Law of the Lawless · To the Last Man · The Call of the Canyon · Code of the Sea · Empty Hands · The Devil's Cargo · Adventure · A Son of His Father · Lord Jim · The Blind Goddess · Mantrap · The Way of All Flesh · Hula · The Rough Riders · Abie's Irish Rose · The Awakening · The Wolf Song · The Virginian
1930s:	Common Clay · Renegades · The Wet Parade · Treasure Island · Reckless · The Farmer Takes a Wife · Captains Courageous · Test Pilot · The Wizard of Oz · Gone with the Wind
1940s:	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Tortilla Flat · A Guy Named Joe · Adventure · Joan of Arc
Productions:	The White Sister (1933)