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.
Director:
Harold S. Bucquet
Writers:
Claudine West, Frank O'Neill, Alice D.G. Miller.
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Lionel Barrymore as Julian Northrup aka Gramps |
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Cedric Hardwicke as Mr. Brink |
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Beulah Bondi as Nellie Northrup aka Granny |
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Una Merkel as Marcia Giles |
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Bobs Watson as Pud Northrup |
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Nat Pendleton as Mr. Grimes |
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Henry Travers as Dr. Evans |
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Grant Mitchell as Mr. Pilbeam |
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Eily Malyon as Demetria Riffle |
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James Burke as Sheriff Burlingame |
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Charles Waldron as Reverend Murdock |
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Ian Wolfe as Charles Wentworth |
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Phillip Terry as Bill Lowry |
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Truman Bradley as James Northrup |
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Dorothy Adams as Florist (uncredited) |
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Barbara Bedford as Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited) |
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Sonny Bupp as Boy in Tree (uncredited) |
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Hans Conried as Man in Convertible (uncredited) |
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Howard Hickman as Chief Surgeon (uncredited) |
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Dickie Jones as Boy in Tree (uncredited) |
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George Lloyd as Chief of Police (uncredited) |
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Ted Oliver as State Trooper (uncredited) |
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Doris Rankin as Mrs. Burlingame (uncredited) |
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Harold Schlickenmayer as First Stretcher Bearer (uncredited) |
| Art | John S. Detlie | Assistant Art Director |
| Writing | Claudine West | Screenplay |
| Directing | Harold S. Bucquet | Director |
| Writing | Frank O'Neill | Screenplay |
| Writing | Alice D.G. Miller | Screenplay |
| Writing | Paul Osborn | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Lawrence Edward Watkin | Novel |
| Production | Sidney Franklin | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Dawn | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Joseph Ruttenberg | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dolly Tree | Costumer |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Editing | George Boemler | Editor |
