On Borrowed Time
1939 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his cantankerous old grandfather become inseparable friends. But Gramps is concerned for his grandson's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks Pud's custody. 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 top of an old apple tree, giving Gramps extra time to resolve issues about Pud's future.
Direction Harold S. Bucquet
Cast Lionel Barrymore · Cedric Hardwicke · Beulah Bondi · Una Merkel · Bobs Watson · Nat Pendleton · Henry Travers · Grant Mitchell · Eily Malyon · Charles Waldron · Ian Wolfe · Phillip Terry · Truman Bradley
Soundtrack Franz Waxman
Screenplay Alice D.G. Miller · Frank O'Neill · Claudine West · Paul Osborn · Lawrence Edward Watkin
Cinematography Joseph Ruttenberg
Original title On Borrowed Time
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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