On Borrowed Time (1939)

The Great Broadway Stage Hit Reaches The Screen

Directed by Harold S. Bucquet1h 39mComedy,Drama,Fantasy

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.

Rated
NR
Year
1939
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
7 July 1939
TMDB
7.6 (31)
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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
Grant Mitchell
Mr. Pilbeam
Eily Malyon
Eily Malyon
Demetria Riffle
James Burke
James Burke
Sheriff Burlingame
C
Charles Waldron
Reverend Murdock
Ian Wolfe
Ian Wolfe
Charles Wentworth
Phillip Terry
Phillip Terry
Bill Lowry
Truman Bradley
Truman Bradley
James Northrup
Dorothy Adams
Dorothy Adams
Florist (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford
Barbara Bedford
Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)
Sonny Bupp
Sonny Bupp
Boy in Tree (uncredited)
Hans Conried
Hans Conried
Man in Convertible (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
Howard Hickman
Chief Surgeon (uncredited)
Dickie Jones
Dickie Jones
Boy in Tree (uncredited)
George Lloyd
George Lloyd
Chief of Police (uncredited)
T
Ted Oliver
State Trooper (uncredited)
Doris Rankin
Doris Rankin
Mrs. Burlingame (uncredited)
H
Harold Schlickenmayer
First Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)

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