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The Great Broadway Stage Hit Reaches The Screen - On Borrowed Time
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Title: On Borrowed Time

Release Date: 7 Jul 1939

Runtime: 1h 39m

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Director: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview: 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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.5 (23 votes)

Cast

  • Julian Northrup aka Gramps: Lionel Barrymore
  • Mr. Brink: Cedric Hardwicke
  • Nellie Northrup aka Granny: Beulah Bondi
  • Marcia Giles: Una Merkel
  • Pud Northrup: Bobs Watson
  • Mr. Grimes: Nat Pendleton
  • Dr. Evans: Henry Travers
  • Mr. Pilbeam: Grant Mitchell
  • Demetria Riffle: Eily Malyon
  • Sheriff Burlingame: James Burke
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