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On Borrowed Time

1939·Directed by Harold S. Bucquet

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Released
July 7, 1939
Runtime
1h 39m

About On Borrowed Time

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Fantasy

Synopsis

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.

Director
  • Harold S. Bucquet
Writers
  • ADAlice D.G. Miller
  • FOFrank O'Neill
  • CWClaudine West
  • Paul Osborn
  • LELawrence Edward Watkin

Principal cast

In billing order
  • Lionel BarrymoreJulian Northrup aka Gramps
  • Cedric HardwickeMr. Brink
  • Beulah BondiNellie Northrup aka Granny
  • Una MerkelMarcia Giles
  • Bobs WatsonPud Northrup
  • Nat PendletonMr. Grimes
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