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On Borrowed Time

75% | Jul 07, 1939 | 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.

Featured Crew

John S. Detlie
Assistant Art Director
Claudine West
Screenplay

Cast

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Lionel Barrymore
Julian Northrup aka Gramps
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Beulah Bondi
Nellie Northrup aka Granny
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Una Merkel
Marcia Giles
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Bobs Watson
Pud Northrup

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