The Palm Beach Story
1942 · 1h 28m · Comedy, Romance · United States of America · Rated 12 (DE)
Love is fickle! Love is blind! She runs 'round the country...with him behind!
A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.
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Preston Sturges6.7Smart score
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