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Tortilla Flat is a 1942 American romantic comedy film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield, Frank Morgan, Akim Tamiroff and Sheldon Leonard, based on the 1935 novel of the same name by John Steinbeck.
Based on John Steinbeck's novel, the film follows the adventures of a group of Mexican-American friends in Monterey, California. Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield and Akim Tamiroff star in this Oscar-nominated adaptation.
- (2K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Victor Fleming
- 1942-08-28
Tortilla Flat is a movie adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel about a group of Mexican-American friends in California. The film stars Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, and John Garfield, but has mixed reviews from critics and audiences.
- (19)
- Dennis Schwartz
- Drama
- Victor Fleming
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Tortilla Flat (1935) is an early John Steinbeck novel set in Monterey, California. The novel was the author's first clear critical and commercial success. The book portrays a group of 'paisanos'—literally, countrymen—a small band of errant friends enjoying life and wine in the days after the end of World War I .
Tortilla Flat (1942) -- (Movie Clip) I Got Another House! Danny (John Garfield) ejects another suitor and moves in on Dolores (Hedy Lamar) until her Latin temper and his house catch fire in Tortilla Flat , 1942, from the John Steinbeck novel.
- Victor Fleming, Robert Golden, Sam Zimbalist
- Spencer Tracy
Things change when Danny Alvarez, one of the younger paisanos, inherits from his recently deceased grandfather an expensive pocket watch and two houses in Tortilla Flat.
