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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
John Steinbeck (novel)
John Lee Mahin (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
28 August 1942 (Portugal) more
Tagline:
OH, THE THINGS THEY DO IN TORTILLA FLAT! (original print ad - all caps) more
Plot:
Danny inherits two houses so Pilon and his lazy, impoverished friends move in. One of them, Pirate,... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
NewsDesk:
Hedy Lamarr Dead At 86
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 20 January 2000)
User Comments:
Great film more (18 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Spencer Tracy | ... | Pilon |
 | Hedy Lamarr | ... | Dolores Ramirez |
 | John Garfield | ... | Daniel Alvarez |
| Frank Morgan | ... | The Pirate |
| Akim Tamiroff | ... | Pablo |
| Sheldon Leonard | ... | Tito Ralph |
| John Qualen | ... | Jose Maria Corcoran |
| Donald Meek | ... | Paul D. Cummings |
| Connie Gilchrist | ... | Mrs. Torrelli |
| Allen Jenkins | ... | Portagee Joe |
| Henry O'Neill | ... | Father Juan Ramon |
| Mercedes Ruffino | ... | Mrs. Marellis |
| Nina Campana | ... | Señora Teresina Cortez |
| Arthur Space | ... | Mr. Brown |
| Betty Wells | ... | Cesca |
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Runtime:
105 min | 99 min (Turner Library Print)
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G (TV rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #8103)
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The AFI Catalogue lists Sammy Fong in the role of "Squid Owner". This may have been a typographical error in studio records, since Willie Fung, who was not listed, had a very similar role. more
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Referenced in The Miracle of Sound (1940) more
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Varsoviana more
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I grew up in Monterey and I vividly remember my father speaking of these characters when he was growing up. Steinbeck sought to place these men in a motif that was similar to that of the knights of the Round Table showing all their excesses, loves, and loyalty to each other. While the film shows 1940's insensitivities it also captures a great deal of Steinbeck's purposes. It might be helpful to remember that Steinbeck wasn't writing of chicano's or even Mexicans per se, but of the creollo or Californio, i.e. the Spanish and later Mexican vaquero who ruled and reigned in Californio long before the Mexican national arrived in California.