Movie·1939·1h 39m
On Borrowed Time
The Great Broadway Stage Hit Reaches The Screen
Directed By
Harold S. Bucquet
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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The Story
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.
Written By
Claudine West, Frank O'Neill, Alice D.G. Miller
Producer
Sidney Franklin
Cinematography
Joseph Ruttenberg
Music
Franz Waxman
Editor
George Boemler
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
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)
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Crew
Claudine West
Screenplay
Harold S. Bucquet
Director
Frank O'Neill
Screenplay
Alice D.G. Miller
Screenplay
Sidney Franklin
Producer
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Joseph Ruttenberg
Director of Photography
George Boemler
Editor
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