| budget = $1,201,000{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.

| gross = $2,611,000

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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.{{IMDb title|id=0035460|title=Tortilla Flat}} Frank Morgan received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his poignant portrayal of The Pirate.

Plot

Danny inherits two houses in the central coastal area of California, "just outside the old seaport town of Monterey", So Pilon and his poor, idle friends move in. One of them, the Pirate, is saving money that Pilon endeavors to steal, until he discovers that it is being collected to purchase a golden candlestick that Pirate intends to burn to honor St. Francis, for healing his sick dog, that later is run over and killed. One of Danny's houses burns down, so he 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 named Dolores causes him to actually go to work in a fishing business. A misunderstanding caused by Pilon about a vacuum cleaner that 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. Danny marries his sweetheart, with the promise that he will become a fisherman, now that Pilon has raised the money to buy a boat. The movie's happy ending is different from the novel's ending, in which Danny dies after a fall.

Cast

Spencer Tracy as Pilon
Hedy Lamarr as Dolores Sweets Ramirez
John Garfield as Daniel Alvarez
Frank Morgan as The Pirate
Akim Tamiroff as Pablo
Sheldon Leonard as Tito Ralph
John Qualen as José Maria Corcoran
Donald Meek as Paul D. Cummings
Connie Gilchrist as Mrs. Torelli
Allen Jenkins as Big Joe Portagee
Henry O'Neill as Father Juan Ramon
Mercedes Ruffino as Mrs. Marellis
Nina Campana as Señora Teresina Cortez
Arthur Space as Mr. Brown
Betty Wells as Cesca
Harry Burns as Torelli
Terry (Toto) as Dog

Reception

According to MGM records, the film earned $1,865,000 at the US and Canadian box office, and $746,000 elsewhere, for a profit of $542,000.[https://archive.org/stream/variety149-1943-01#page/n57/mode/1up "101 Pix Gross in Millions" Variety 6 Jan 1943 p 58]

=Critical response=

Film critic Bosley Crowther of The New York Times gave the film a positive review, writing that the film "is really a little idyll which turns its back on a workaday world...it is filled with solid humor and compassion—and that is pleasant, even for folks who have to work".{{citation |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=990CE1DB133CE33BBC4A51DFB3668389659EDE |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |author-link=Bosley Crowther |newspaper=The New York Times |title=Review: Tortilla Flat |date=May 22, 1942 |access-date=June 22, 2013}}.