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
Lionel Barrymore
as Julian Northrup aka Gramps
Charles Waldron
as Reverend Murdock
Ian Wolfe
as Charles Wentworth
Phillip Terry
as Bill Lowry
Bobs Watson
as Pud Northrup
Nat Pendleton
as Mr. Grimes
Grant Mitchell
as Mr. Pilbeam
James Burke
as Sheriff Burlingame
Dorothy Adams
as Florist (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford
as Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)
Sonny Bupp
as Boy in Tree (uncredited)
Dickie Jones
as Boy in Tree (uncredited)
Cedric Hardwicke
as Mr. Brink
Una Merkel
as Marcia Giles
Truman Bradley
as James Northrup
Howard Hickman
as Chief Surgeon (uncredited)
George Lloyd
as Chief of Police (uncredited)
Doris Rankin
as Mrs. Burlingame (uncredited)
Beulah Bondi
as Nellie Northrup aka Granny
Henry Travers
as Dr. Evans
Eily Malyon
as Demetria Riffle
Hans Conried
as Man in Convertible (uncredited)
