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On Borrowed Time

The Great Broadway Stage Hit Reaches The Screen

Film19391h 39mReleased

FantasyDramaComedy
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Director
Harold S. Bucquet
Language
English
Released
1939-07-07
Runtime
1h 39m

Community score

7.631 votes on TMDB

Confidence

Rating weighted by how many people voted

6.5

The story

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.

Cast

  • Lionel Barrymore
    Lionel BarrymoreJulian Northrup aka Gramps
  • Cedric Hardwicke
    Cedric HardwickeMr. Brink
  • Beulah Bondi
    Beulah BondiNellie Northrup aka Granny
  • Una Merkel
    Una MerkelMarcia Giles
  • Bobs Watson
    Bobs WatsonPud Northrup
  • Nat Pendleton
    Nat PendletonMr. Grimes
  • Henry Travers
    Henry TraversDr. Evans
  • Grant Mitchell
    Grant MitchellMr. Pilbeam
  • Eily Malyon
    Eily MalyonDemetria Riffle
  • James Burke
    James BurkeSheriff Burlingame