On Borrowed Time
On Borrowed Time
Release: 1939-07-07
·Runtime: 99m
·★ 7.5
Comedy
Drama
Fantasy
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Cedric Hardwicke
as Mr. Brink
Beulah Bondi
as Nellie Northrup aka Granny
Una Merkel
as Marcia Giles
Bobs Watson
as Pud Northrup
Henry Travers
as Dr. Evans
Ian Wolfe
as Charles Wentworth
Dorothy Adams
as Florist (uncredited)
Dickie Jones
as Boy in Tree (uncredited)
Lionel Barrymore
as Julian Northrup aka Gramps
Grant Mitchell
as Mr. Pilbeam
Eily Malyon
as Demetria Riffle
Phillip Terry
as Bill Lowry
Truman Bradley
as James Northrup
Barbara Bedford
as Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)
Hans Conried
as Man in Convertible (uncredited)
George Lloyd
as Chief of Police (uncredited)
James Burke
as Sheriff Burlingame
Sonny Bupp
as Boy in Tree (uncredited)
Nat Pendleton
as Mr. Grimes
Charles Waldron
as Reverend Murdock
Howard Hickman
as Chief Surgeon (uncredited)
Doris Rankin
as Mrs. Burlingame (uncredited)
