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On Borrowed Time
1939 7.5 (24 votes) 1h 39m
Genres
Comedy Drama Fantasy
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

On Borrowed Time

The Great Broadway Stage Hit Reaches The Screen

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Screenplay: Claudine West, Frank O'Neill, Alice D.G. Miller

Director: Harold S. Bucquet

Director of Photography: Joseph Ruttenberg

Producer: Sidney Franklin

Top Cast

Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore

Julian Northrup aka Gramps

Cedric Hardwicke
Cedric Hardwicke

Mr. Brink

Beulah Bondi
Beulah Bondi

Nellie Northrup aka Granny

Una Merkel
Una Merkel

Marcia Giles

Bobs Watson
Bobs Watson

Pud Northrup

Nat Pendleton
Nat Pendleton

Mr. Grimes

Henry Travers
Henry Travers

Dr. Evans

Grant Mitchell

Mr. Pilbeam

Videos

On Borrowed Time (Original Theatrical Trailer)

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