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On Borrowed Time

The Great Broadway Stage Hit Reaches The Screen
1939 | 99m | English

(2425 votes)

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Popularity: 3 (history)

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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: Jul 07, 1939
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Writer: Alice D.G. Miller, Frank O'Neill, Claudine West, Lawrence Edward Watkin
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
Keywords based on novel or book, grandparent grandchild relationship, small town, tree, grandfather, wish, aunt, grandparents, love, inheritance, grim reaper, orphan, housekeeper, trapped, death, heartbreak, grandson, elderly couple, apple tree, child custody, troublemaker, grandfather grandson relationship
Production Companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Box Office Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Updates Updated: Aug 03, 2024
Entered: Apr 20, 2024
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Full Credits

Name Character
Lionel Barrymore Julian Northrup aka Gramps
Cedric Hardwicke Mr. Brink
Beulah Bondi Nellie Northrup aka Granny
Una Merkel Marcia Giles
Bobs Watson Pud Northrup
Nat Pendleton Mr. Grimes
Henry Travers Dr. Evans
Grant Mitchell Mr. Pilbeam
Eily Malyon Demetria Riffle
James Burke Sheriff Burlingame
Charles Waldron Reverend Murdock
Ian Wolfe Charles Wentworth
Phillip Terry Bill Lowry
Truman Bradley James Northrup
Dorothy Adams Florist (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)
Sonny Bupp Boy in Tree (uncredited)
Hans Conried Man in Convertible (uncredited)
Howard Hickman Chief Surgeon (uncredited)
Dickie Jones Boy in Tree (uncredited)
George Lloyd Chief of Police (uncredited)
Ted Oliver State Trooper (uncredited)
Doris Rankin Mrs. Burlingame (uncredited)
Harold Schlickenmayer First Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)
Name Job
Paul Osborn Theatre Play
Franz Waxman Original Music Composer
Douglas Shearer Recording Supervision
Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Jack Dawn Makeup Artist
Harold S. Bucquet Director
Alice D.G. Miller Screenplay
Frank O'Neill Screenplay
Claudine West Screenplay
Lawrence Edward Watkin Novel
Dolly Tree Costumer
Joseph Ruttenberg Director of Photography
George Boemler Editor
John S. Detlie Assistant Art Director
Name Title
Sidney Franklin Producer
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barrymost
9.0

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.

Jun 23, 2021