Tortilla Flat is a 1942 American romantic comedy film starring 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.
Frank Morgan received an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor for his poignant portrayal of The Pirate.
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.
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