On Borrowed Time
1939 · 99 min
Comedy · Drama · Fantasy
★ 7.6Trailer
Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra time to resolve issues about Pud's future.
Crew
- Director Harold S. Bucquet
- Screenplay Claudine West
- Screenplay Frank O'Neill
- Screenplay Alice D.G. Miller
- Director of Photography Joseph Ruttenberg
Cast
Lionel Barrymore
Julian Northrup aka Gramps
Cedric Hardwicke
Mr. Brink
Beulah Bondi
Nellie Northrup aka Granny
Una Merkel
Marcia Giles
Bobs Watson
Pud Northrup
Nat Pendleton
Mr. Grimes
Henry Travers
Dr. Evans
Grant Mitchell
Mr. Pilbeam
Eily Malyon
Demetria Riffle
James Burke
Sheriff Burlingame
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Charles Waldron
Reverend Murdock
Ian Wolfe
Charles Wentworth
Crew
- Director — Harold S. Bucquet
- Screenplay — Claudine West
- Screenplay — Frank O'Neill
- Screenplay — Alice D.G. Miller
- Director of Photography — Joseph Ruttenberg
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