Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friends.
Acting
Tracy's drunken philosopher king energy is *chef's kiss*.
Cinematography
Monterey never looked this honey-drenched and dreamlike.
Production
Fleming somehow makes poverty look like a Technicolor vacation.
Director
Victor Fleming
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Steinbeck hated this adaptation so much he basically disowned it; the studio gentrified his gritty social commentary into a feel-good bromance.
This was Victor Fleming's follow-up to *The Wizard of Oz* AND *Gone With the Wind*—talk about whiplash in tone.
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