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76% Critic Match
On Borrowed Time
“The Great Broadway Stage Hit Reaches The Screen”
7.6 / 10• 1939• 1h 39m•NR• English
ComedyDramaFantasy
Storyline
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 & Crew
Lionel Barrymore
Julian Northrup aka Gramps
Lead
Cedric Hardwicke
Mr. Brink
Beulah Bondi
Nellie Northrup aka Granny
Una Merkel
Marcia Giles
Bobs Watson
Pud Northrup
Nat Pendleton
Mr. Grimes
Henry Travers
Dr. Evans
Grant Mitchell
Mr. Pilbeam
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Harold S. Bucquet's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. On Borrowed Time is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
