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On Borrowed Time

1939 • 1h39m Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Rating

7.5/10

Popularity

2

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.

Details

Director

Harold S. Bucquet

Screenplay

Alice D.G. Miller

Frank O'Neill

Claudine West

Cast

Lionel Barrymore

Cedric Hardwicke

Beulah Bondi

Release date

7/7/1939

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

29