Comedy ·Drama ·Fantasy · United States of America · 1939 · 1h 39m

On Borrowed Time

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Director
Harold S. Bucquet
Cast
Lionel Barrymore as Julian Northrup aka Gramps Cedric Hardwicke as Mr. Brink Beulah Bondi as Nellie Northrup aka Granny Una Merkel as Marcia Giles Bobs Watson as Pud Northrup Nat Pendleton as Mr. Grimes
Crew
Joseph Ruttenberg — Director of Photography George Boemler — Editor Franz Waxman — Original Music Composer Alice D.G. Miller — Screenplay Frank O'Neill — Screenplay Claudine West — Screenplay
Tagline

The Great Broadway Stage Hit Reaches The Screen

Synopsis

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.

Trailer On Borrowed Time — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
small townbased on novel or bookgrandparent grandchild relationshiptreewishgrandfatherauntgrandparentsloveinheritancegrim reaperorphan
Key Collaborators
Harold S. Bucquet Director Joseph Ruttenberg Director of Photography George Boemler Editor Franz Waxman Original Music Composer Alice D.G. Miller Screenplay Frank O'Neill Screenplay Claudine West Screenplay Lawrence Edward Watkin Novel Sidney Franklin Producer
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