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On Borrowed Time 1939 Directed by Harold S. Bucquet

The Great Broadway Stage Hit Reaches The Screen

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 USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Comedy , Drama , Fantasy
Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release Date 7 July 1939
99 mins
Cast
Lionel Barrymore Julian Northrup aka Gramps
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
Charles Waldron Reverend Murdock
Ian Wolfe Charles Wentworth
Phillip Terry Bill Lowry
Truman Bradley James Northrup
Dorothy Adams Florist (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)
Sonny Bupp Boy in Tree (uncredited)
Hans Conried Man in Convertible (uncredited)
Howard Hickman Chief Surgeon (uncredited)
Dickie Jones Boy in Tree (uncredited)
George Lloyd Chief of Police (uncredited)
Ted Oliver State Trooper (uncredited)
Doris Rankin Mrs. Burlingame (uncredited)
Harold Schlickenmayer First Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)