On Borrowed Time (1939)
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.
- Released
- 1939-07-07
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Claudine West, Harold S. Bucquet, Frank O'Neill, Alice D.G. Miller
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 from 32 votes
Cast
- Lionel Barrymore as Julian Northrup aka Gramps
- Cedric Hardwicke as Mr. Brink
- Beulah Bondi as Nellie Northrup aka Granny
- Una Merkel as Marcia Giles
- Bobs Watson as Pud Northrup
- Nat Pendleton as Mr. Grimes
- Henry Travers as Dr. Evans
- Grant Mitchell as Mr. Pilbeam
- Eily Malyon as Demetria Riffle
- James Burke as Sheriff Burlingame
- Charles Waldron as Reverend Murdock
- Ian Wolfe as Charles Wentworth