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On Borrowed Time

19397.5 / 1099 min
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Overview

The Great Broadway Stage Hit Reaches The Screen

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.

Cast

Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

Julian Northrup aka Gramps

Cedric Hardwicke

Cedric Hardwicke

Mr. Brink

Beulah Bondi

Beulah Bondi

Nellie Northrup aka Granny

Una Merkel

Una Merkel

Marcia Giles

Bobs Watson

Bobs Watson

Pud Northrup

Nat Pendleton

Nat Pendleton

Mr. Grimes

Henry Travers

Henry Travers

Dr. Evans

Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell

Mr. Pilbeam

Eily Malyon

Eily Malyon

Demetria Riffle

James Burke

James Burke

Sheriff Burlingame

Charles Waldron

Charles Waldron

Reverend Murdock

Ian Wolfe

Ian Wolfe

Charles Wentworth

Phillip Terry

Phillip Terry

Bill Lowry

Truman Bradley

Truman Bradley

James Northrup

Dorothy Adams

Dorothy Adams

Florist (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

Barbara Bedford

Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)

Sonny Bupp

Sonny Bupp

Boy in Tree (uncredited)

Hans Conried

Hans Conried

Man in Convertible (uncredited)

Howard Hickman

Howard Hickman

Chief Surgeon (uncredited)

Dickie Jones

Dickie Jones

Boy in Tree (uncredited)

George Lloyd

George Lloyd

Chief of Police (uncredited)

Ted Oliver

Ted Oliver

State Trooper (uncredited)

Doris Rankin

Doris Rankin

Mrs. Burlingame (uncredited)

Harold Schlickenmayer

Harold Schlickenmayer

First Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)

Crew

John S. Detlie

John S. Detlie

Assistant Art Director

Harold S. Bucquet

Harold S. Bucquet

Director

Alice D.G. Miller

Alice D.G. Miller

Screenplay

Frank O'Neill

Frank O'Neill

Screenplay

Claudine West

Claudine West

Screenplay

Paul Osborn

Paul Osborn

Theatre Play

Lawrence Edward Watkin

Lawrence Edward Watkin

Novel

Sidney Franklin

Sidney Franklin

Producer

Franz Waxman

Franz Waxman

Original Music Composer

Douglas Shearer

Douglas Shearer

Recording Supervision

Cedric Gibbons

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

Edwin B. Willis

Edwin B. Willis

Set Decoration

Dolly Tree

Dolly Tree

Costumer

Jack Dawn

Jack Dawn

Makeup Artist

Joseph Ruttenberg

Joseph Ruttenberg

Director of Photography

George Boemler

George Boemler

Editor