It Grows on Trees is a 1952 fantasy comedy film about a couple who discover that two trees in their backyard grow money. One morning a few days after Polly Baxter (played by Irene Dunne in her last film role) purchased a couple of trees and planted them in her backyard, a $5 bill floated in through an open window, spurring a curious turn of luck to her family's ongoing financial concerns. As she continues to collect more in the following days and...
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It Grows on Trees is a 1952 fantasy comedy film about a couple who discover that two trees in their backyard grow money. One morning a few days after Polly Baxter (played by Irene Dunne in her last film role) purchased a couple of trees and planted them in her backyard, a $5 bill floated in through an open window, spurring a curious turn of luck to her family's ongoing financial concerns. As she continues to collect more in the following days and weeks, Polly finds that the money is actually growing on the new trees that she planted and keeps that discovery from her husband Philip (played by Dean Jagger). Polly finds ways to use the money, while her husband wants it to be turned in to the police. The neighbors, the media, the bank, the I.R.S., and the U.S. Treasury all get involved. Comedy ensues as the Baxters struggle with newfound ethical dilemmas, i.e. is this money legal or counterfeit, and what happens when the money dries up like an old leaf? All the time, however, Polly...
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