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.

[2] Frank Morgan received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his poignant portrayal of The Pirate.

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.

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.

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.