Tortilla Flat (1942)
Release Date: May 21, 1942 Wide
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Like the John Steinbeck novel on which it is based, Tortilla Flat is not so much a movie as a series of warm-hearted anecdotes, all linked to a small California fishing village populated by poor but happy immigrants. The focus is upon Pilon (Spencer Tracy), a good-natured, charismatic freeloader, and Danny (John Garfield), a hot-headed fisherman who is dragged kicking and screaming into the world of personal responsibility when he inherits two small houses. As Pilon toys with the notion of
May 21, 1942 Wide
Cast
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Spencer Tracy
Pilon -
Hedy Lamarr
Dolores Sweets Ramivez -
John Garfield
Danny -
Frank Morgan
"The Pirate" -
Akim Tamiroff
Pablo -
Sheldon Leonard
Tito Ralph -
Donald Meek
Paul D. Cummings -
John Qualen
Jose Maria Corcoran -
Connie Gilchrist
Mrs. Torrelli -
Allen Jenkins
Portagee Joe -
Henry O'Neill
Father Ramon -
Nina Campana
Senora Teresina Cortez -
Arthur Space
Mr. Brown -
Betty Wells
Cesca -
Harry Burns
Torrelli -
Jack Carr
Owner -
Yvette Dugay
Little Girl -
Willie Fung
Chin Kee -
Louis Jean Heydt
Young Doctor -
Charles Judels
Joe Machado -
George Magrill
Cannery Worker -
Tito Renaldo
Boy -
Walter Sande
Fireman -
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Emmett Vogan
Doctor -
Roque Ybarra
Alfredo -
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Tim Ryan
Rupert Hogan
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There's something devilish about watching the gringo actors go Mexican and find themselves out in limbo in something as unreal and dumb as this harmless spoof.
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- Pilon: Love and wine are similar in that too much of one can leave a man sick.
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