It Grows on Trees
- IMDb link: 0044758
- IMDb rating: 6.6 (409 votes)
- Genres: Comedy, Fantasy
- Director: Arthur Lubin
- Cast: Richard Crenna, Irene Dunne, Dean Jagger, Joan Evans and others
- Release date: 2 Sep 1952
- Release year: 1952
- Runtime: 84 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: botany, research, male police officer, police, parody comedy, american, irs internal revenue service, 1950s, standing in the rain, ledger
Plot:
Polly and Phil Baxter, and their three children are living a serene life in suburbia America until they discover three newly-planted trees in their backyard are bearing a strange fruit...five and ten-dollar bills is U. S. currency. The easily-acquired wealth gets them into several situations and problems, especially with the United States Department of Internal Revenue, which takes a dim view on citizens raising their money on backyard trees.