On Borrowed Time (1939)

On Borrowed Time (1939)

The Great Broadway Stage Hit Reaches The Screen 1939-07-07 United States of America 99 Min. PG-13
7.5 23 votes

Overview

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

Lionel Barrymore is Julian Northrup aka Gramps
Julian Northrup aka Gramps
Cedric Hardwicke is Mr. Brink
Beulah Bondi is Nellie Northrup aka Granny
Nellie Northrup aka Granny
Una Merkel is Marcia Giles
Marcia Giles
Bobs Watson is Pud Northrup
Pud Northrup
Nat Pendleton is Mr. Grimes
Mr. Grimes
Henry Travers is Dr. Evans
Dr. Evans
Grant Mitchell is Mr. Pilbeam
Mr. Pilbeam
Eily Malyon is Demetria Riffle
Demetria Riffle
James Burke is Sheriff Burlingame
Sheriff Burlingame
Charles Waldron is Reverend Murdock
Reverend Murdock
Ian Wolfe is Charles Wentworth
Charles Wentworth