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On Borrowed Time (1939)

The Great Broadway Stage Hit Reaches The Screen

99 minComedyDramaFantasy
TMDb7.6/1031 votes

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.

Country: United States

Director: Harold S. Bucquet

Cast

Lionel Barrymore as Julian Northrup aka Gramps

Lionel Barrymore

Julian Northrup aka Gramps

Cedric Hardwicke as Mr. Brink

Cedric Hardwicke

Mr. Brink

Beulah Bondi as Nellie Northrup aka Granny

Beulah Bondi

Nellie Northrup aka Granny

Una Merkel as Marcia Giles

Una Merkel

Marcia Giles

Bobs Watson as Pud Northrup

Bobs Watson

Pud Northrup

Nat Pendleton as Mr. Grimes

Nat Pendleton

Mr. Grimes

Henry Travers as Dr. Evans

Henry Travers

Dr. Evans

Grant Mitchell as Mr. Pilbeam

Grant Mitchell

Mr. Pilbeam

Eily Malyon as Demetria Riffle

Eily Malyon

Demetria Riffle

James Burke as Sheriff Burlingame

James Burke

Sheriff Burlingame

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Charles Waldron

Reverend Murdock

Ian Wolfe as Charles Wentworth

Ian Wolfe

Charles Wentworth

Phillip Terry as Bill Lowry

Phillip Terry

Bill Lowry

Truman Bradley as James Northrup

Truman Bradley

James Northrup

Keywords

Plot:based on novel or bookgrandparent grandchild relationshiptreewishgrandfatherauntgrandparentsloveinheritancegrim reaperorphanhousekeepertrappeddeathheartbreakgrandsonelderly coupleapple treechild custodytroublemakergrandfather grandson relationship
Place:small town

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