On Borrowed Time (1939)
The Great Broadway Stage Hit Reaches The Screen
- Released
- Runtime 1h 39m
- Director Harold S. Bucquet
- Genres Comedy Drama Fantasy
- Rating 7.6/10 (31 votes)
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.
Cast
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Lionel Barrymore
as Julian Northrup aka Gramps
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Cedric Hardwicke
as Mr. Brink
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Beulah Bondi
as Nellie Northrup aka Granny
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Una Merkel
as Marcia Giles
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Bobs Watson
as Pud Northrup
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Nat Pendleton
as Mr. Grimes
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Henry Travers
as Dr. Evans
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Grant Mitchell
as Mr. Pilbeam
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Eily Malyon
as Demetria Riffle
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James Burke
as Sheriff Burlingame
- Charles Waldron as Reverend Murdock
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Ian Wolfe
as Charles Wentworth
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Phillip Terry
as Bill Lowry
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Truman Bradley
as James Northrup
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Dorothy Adams
as Florist (uncredited)
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Barbara Bedford
as Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)
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Sonny Bupp
as Boy in Tree (uncredited)
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Hans Conried
as Man in Convertible (uncredited)
Crew
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Harold S. Bucquet
Director
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Joseph Ruttenberg
Director of Photography
- George Boemler Editor
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Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
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Sidney Franklin
Producer
- Claudine West Screenplay
- Frank O'Neill Screenplay
- Alice D.G. Miller Screenplay
