Film

On Borrowed Time

1939 · 1h 39m · Comedy · Drama · Fantasy

The Great Broadway Stage Hit Reaches The Screen

IMDb

7.7

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.

Lionel Barrymore

Julian Northrup aka Gramps

Cedric Hardwicke

Mr. Brink

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)

• Harold S. BucquetDirector
• Alice D.G. MillerScreenplay
• Frank O'NeillScreenplay
• Claudine WestScreenplay
• Lawrence Edward WatkinNovel
• Sidney FranklinProducer
• Joseph RuttenbergDirector of Photography
• Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
• George BoemlerEditor

On Borrowed Time (Original Theatrical Trailer)

Release date

July 7, 1939

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

NR

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

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