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On Borrowed Time

- 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.

Release Date : 1939-07-07

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Julian Northrup aka Gramps

Original Name : Lionel Barrymore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Brink

Original Name : Cedric Hardwicke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nellie Northrup aka Granny

Original Name : Beulah Bondi

Gender : Female

Character Name : Marcia Giles

Original Name : Una Merkel

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pud Northrup

Original Name : Bobs Watson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Grimes

Original Name : Nat Pendleton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Evans

Original Name : Henry Travers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Pilbeam

Original Name : Grant Mitchell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Demetria Riffle

Original Name : Eily Malyon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sheriff Burlingame

Original Name : James Burke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reverend Murdock

Original Name : Charles Waldron

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charles Wentworth

Original Name : Ian Wolfe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bill Lowry

Original Name : Phillip Terry

Gender : Male

Character Name : James Northrup

Original Name : Truman Bradley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Florist (uncredited)

Original Name : Dorothy Adams

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)

Original Name : Barbara Bedford

Gender : Female

Character Name : Boy in Tree (uncredited)

Original Name : Sonny Bupp

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man in Convertible (uncredited)

Original Name : Hans Conried

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief Surgeon (uncredited)

Original Name : Howard Hickman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy in Tree (uncredited)

Original Name : Dickie Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief of Police (uncredited)

Original Name : George Lloyd

Gender : Male

Character Name : State Trooper (uncredited)

Original Name : Ted Oliver

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Burlingame (uncredited)

Original Name : Doris Rankin

Gender : Female

Character Name : First Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)

Original Name : Harold Schlickenmayer

Gender : Male

Reviews

barrymost

@barrymost

2021-06-23

An old man fights to keep his orphaned grandson from being taken away by a scheming relative, and things get even more difficult when Death comes calling...in the form of the wry and gentlemanly Sir Cedric Hardwicke! The film is well-done and packs a definite emotional wallop. There is a very high standard of acting throughout, and the chemistry between Lionel Barrymore, as the crotchety grandfather, and Bobs Watson, as little Pud, is especially good. Even when confined to a wheelchair, Barrymore's thespian talent still shines through.