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Movie from 40s or 50s about a guy who traded stuff?

There was this old movie from the 40s or 50s about a dude who had no income and the IRS was checking up on him. He had a lot of stuff but he got it by trading. It reminded me of Ma and Pa Kettle but it was NOT one of their movies,

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    The Mating Game (1959) with Debbie Reynolds and Tony Randall

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053054/

    Internal Revenue Service district chief Oliver Kelsey learns that the Larkins have never filed a tax return. Kelsey assigns his best investigator, clever Lorenzo Charlton, to the case. ...immediately declares that he has never paid taxes and Lorenzo explains that anyone earning more than six hundred dollars must pay. He demands to see the family's financial books. Pop explains there are no books due to the long-time Larkin tradition of trading for all their necessities, including furniture and appliances.

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