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On Borrowed Time (1939)

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.

Comedy Drama Fantasy

On Borrowed Time

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Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

as Julian Northrup aka Gramps

Cedric Hardwicke

Cedric Hardwicke

as Nellie Northrup aka Granny

as Marcia Giles

as Pud Northrup

as Demetria Riffle

as Sheriff Burlingame

Charles Waldron

Charles Waldron

as Reverend Murdock

as Charles Wentworth

as James Northrup

as Florist (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

Barbara Bedford

as Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)

as Boy in Tree (uncredited)

as Man in Convertible (uncredited)

as Chief Surgeon (uncredited)

as Boy in Tree (uncredited)

as Chief of Police (uncredited)

as State Trooper (uncredited)

as Mrs. Burlingame (uncredited)

Harold Schlickenmayer

Harold Schlickenmayer

as First Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)

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Assistant Art Director

Harold S. Bucquet

Harold S. Bucquet

Alice D.G. Miller

Alice D.G. Miller

Lawrence Edward Watkin

Lawrence Edward Watkin

Sidney Franklin

Sidney Franklin

Original Music Composer

Joseph Ruttenberg

Joseph Ruttenberg

Director of Photography

Douglas Shearer

Douglas Shearer

Recording Supervision

Edwin B. Willis

Edwin B. Willis

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