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Director:
Writers:
Leonard Praskins (original screenplay) and
Barney Slater (original screenplay)
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Release Date:
2 September 1952 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
The wonderful story of a wish come true!
Plot:
What happens when an American family gets two trees that grow spendable money. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
An Excellent Favorite When We Were Young! more (6 total)

Cast

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Irene Dunne ... Polly Baxter
Dean Jagger ... Phil Baxter
Joan Evans ... Diane Baxter

Richard Crenna ... Ralph Bowen
Edith Meiser ... Mrs. Pryor
Les Tremayne ... Secretary of the Treasury Finlay Murchison
Forrest Lewis ... Dr. Burrows, Department of Botanical Research
Malcolm Lee Beggs ... Carrollman, Secretary of Agriculture
Frank Ferguson ... Letherby, Department of Internal Revenue
Bob Sweeney ... Reporter McGuire
Dee Pollock ... Flip Baxter
Sandy Descher ... Midge Baxter
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Additional Details

Runtime:
84 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Irene Dunne's last movie. more
Goofs:
Plot holes: Montage of newspaper front pages includes photo of Polly posing with blooming money tree in backyard. But by time anyone (including press) became aware of her secret, the trees were already bare so no one would have had any reason to photograph her picking money off trees. more
Quotes:
Polly Baxter: Well, for your information, in case you're interested, I have more brains in my head than most people have in their little fingers! more

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An Excellent Favorite When We Were Young!, 16 March 2004
Author: richard.fuller1

I still think back to this film and how delightful it was.

A common American housewife (Dunne) finds two trees that grow money in a yard sale, I believe my brother and sister said.

I erroneously believed the woman was Gracie Allen. Later I would learn it was Dunne.

Wonderful what became of the money, Dunne's husband, the nosy neighbor, everything.

I wish I remembered Richard Crenna in this, but I do remember the ending very well; what became of the money trees and then the overall ending of the film.

I had read once that Dunne regretted making this movie and it is surprising to see it was her final film as well.

She may not have liked it, but we sure did.

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