Tortilla Flat (1942)

TORTILLA FLAT  (1942)  ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: Victor Fleming
    Spencer Tracy, John Garfield, Hedy Lamarr,
    Akim Tamiroff, Frank Morgan, Sheldon Leonard,
    John Qualen, Donald Meek, Connie Gilchrist,
    Allen Jenkins, Henry O'Neill, Arthur Space
One of John Steinbeck's most laid-back novels, brought to the screen by MGM, with Tracy, Garfield and Tamiroff playing life-loving, wine-drinking, work-avoiding paisanos and Hedy (not Hedley) Lamarr as the Portuguese girl Garfield's character falls in love with. Normally I'd say you can't go wrong with a cast like that, but here the cast seems a little miscast. Trying to match their wine intake while you're watching it could be lethal.